A parent asks a nurse about growth suppression resulting from the use of an inhaled glucocorti-coid in children. What will the nurse tell the parent?
a. Growth may be slowed, but eventual adult height will not be reduced.
b. The growth rate is not impaired, but over-all height will be reduced.
c. The growth rate slows while the drug is used and only resumes when the drug is stopped.
d. Long-term use of the drug results in a de-crease in adult height.
A
Glucocorticoids can slow growth in children and adolescents, but they do not reduce the eventual adult height. The growth rate will return to normal within a year, even when the drug is continued. Long-term use does not affect the eventual adult height.
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