A 66-year-old man with suspected temporal arteritis has new headache, jaw claudication and ESR 78 mm/hr. What is the immediate management?...

Question

A 66-year-old man with suspected temporal arteritis has new headache, jaw claudication and ESR 78 mm/hr. What is the immediate management?

Accepted Answer

Start high-dose oral prednisolone promptly

Answer

Await temporal artery biopsy before treatment

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Start low-dose aspirin only

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Start antibiotics

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Refer routine to ophthalmology

ukmla MCQ (SBA): Giant Cell Arteritis