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treatment in temporal arteritis. it takes couple of hours for esr to come. until than pt. can become blind.
i will draw blood and start steroid immediately after that.
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cool, do that, thats the correct management
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yes , nimish is right, u don,t treat untill esr is done.
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order esr
start preinisone po high dose
order biopsy with vascular consult
do not wait for esr or biopsy to start t/t order the testand start the t/t
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No, saboo , if u start predinisone without esr , i will loose marks in cca.
In real practice u can do it , but not in exam. we have to follw certain protocols!