Mr. X has been taking 2mg of prednisone daily for 6 months for polymyalgia rheumatica. He is now planning on having a left hip arthroplasty done. The surgeons need your help in determining stress dose steroids for Mr. X. What dosing and what interval shou

Mrs. Z has been taking prednisone for RA for 2 years. 6 months ago her PCP began tapering her down from 20mg daily. She has currently been on 5mg for the past 2 weeks. She sustained a fall from a ladder yesterday which resulted in a right hip fracture. Wh

Mr. E has been taking 8mg of prednisone for 3 weeks for COPD. He presents after a mechanical fall which resulted in a left hip fracture. How should it be determined if he requires stress dose steroids?

Although the risk of perioperative adrenal crisis is likely to be low in patients with a history of previous glucocorticoid injections, a HPA axis evaluation is suggested in those who have received __?__or more intra-articular or spinal glucocorticoid inj

In a patient without a previous diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency, this steroid should be used as opposed to hydrocortisone as it is not measured in cortisol assays.