uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): Corticosteroid Equivalence

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A 50-year-old man is admitted to ICU with acute severe ulcerative colitis. He has been on IV hydrocortisone 100 mg QDS for 5 days. He is now clinically improving and the gastroenterology team wishes to switch to oral prednisolone. When converting from IV hydrocortisone to oral prednisolone, what is the approximate equivalent dose?

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