Do you hospitalize patients with newly diagnosed lupus nephritis and nephrotic syndrome if you are able to provide pulse steroids outpatient and follow them closely?
When do you decide to hospitalize?
Answer from: at Community Practice
Usually not. I suspect it all depends upon one's ancillary support situation.
We are able to do in-house labs, give immediate in-house IV pulse steroids, and I can call interventional radiology and get an ASAP renal biopsy.
If there were complications, such as infection, thrombosis, need for dialy...