A 76-year-old woman with new-onset unilateral temporal headache, jaw claudication and visual blurring has ESR 86 mm/hr. What is the immediate manageme...

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A 76-year-old woman with new-onset unilateral temporal headache, jaw claudication and visual blurring has ESR 86 mm/hr. What is the immediate management in primary care?

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Start high-dose prednisolone (40-60 mg daily) and urgent same-day referral

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Arrange urgent temporal artery ultrasound and await results

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Start prednisolone 15 mg daily and refer routine

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Withhold steroids until biopsy performed

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Start aspirin only

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A 76-year-old woman with new-onset unilateral temporal headache, jaw claudication and visual blurring has ESR 86 mm/hr. What is the immediate management in primary care?