肾脏病人如没有经过详细检查,就不应使用肾上腺皮质激素。而对大多数肾脏病的确诊都需经肾活检。因此,肾脏病使用肾上腺皮质激素应属于专业医生而非一般医生的范畴。然而,肾上腺皮质激素对于有死亡危险的和迅速发展型的肾脏病,可以挽救生命,因此,所有临床医生对于哪一种肾脏病使用激素治疗可能会有价值,应有一个概念。迅速发展型肾脏病早期诊断的重要性对非肾脏病专业医生来说,最重要的是要知道:暴发性过程的肾脏病可能需要肾上腺皮质激素治疗,因为这些病例的早期诊断和迅速 Kidney patients without a detailed examination, they should not use the adrenal cortex hormones. The diagnosis of most kidney disease are subject to renal biopsy. Therefore, the use of adrenal cortex hormones in kidney disease should belong to the category of professional doctors, not general practitioners. However, adrenal cortical hormones can save lives for those at risk of death and rapidly developing kidney disease, so it should be a concept for all clinicians to use hormone therapy for which kidney disease. Importance of early diagnosis of rapidly developing kidney disease For non-kidney disease specialists, it is important to know that an outbreak of kidney disease may require adrenal cortical hormone therapy because of the early diagnosis and rapidity of these cases