Fig. 2From: The Canadian childhood nephrotic syndrome (CHILDNEPH) study: report on mid-study feasibility, recruitment and main measuresDefining an episode, illustrating sample scenarios. An episode is defined as the time from start of full dose glucocorticoid therapy (60 mg/m2 or 2 mg/kg) to cessation of glucocorticoids (a) or re-start of full dose glucocorticoids as in glucocorticoid dependent patients who relapse while tapering glucocorticoids. (b) Note that the glucocorticoid tapering mode may vary between prescribers. Abbreviation: SD – step downBack to article page