Steroids In Practice

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What do steroids treat? + examples


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Properties of Steroids

Guidelines for steroid use + examples


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Different steroids and Equivalence in Concentrations


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Steroids used in Insufficiency - 3 cases

What does adrenal cortex release + examples

Symptoms and replacements for each + dose

Secondary insufficiency + treatment


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Sick Day Rules

When is a patient at risk of crisis

How do we increase dose and examples

If vomiting occurs - if severe, treatment?


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What steroid is used for inflammatory disease

When does the courser need to be tapered

What are the two phases of tapering steroids


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Diabetes and Steroids

What can steroids induce

When and solution

While taking steroids?


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Surgery and Steroids

Do we need more or less steroids - why

Solution two ways and examples - when stop



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Glucocorticoid Induced Osteroporosis

When is bone density lost highest

How would we check fracture risk

If patient is high risk


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Which steroids pass through placenta

Which steroid does not and why

Safety overall in using steroids while pregnant

Consequences of use of LT steroids

What dose is steroid okay in breastfeeding


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Drug Interactions

Interactions - what medications to avoid

What medications reduce concentration

Another example - how to get around it


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When appropriate to use topical steroid & when NOT

Why would it not be appropriate - what cases not included

Different strengths of topical preparations + examples

How to use the medication - quantity, dose, avoid, who

TSWR Symptoms, when does it occur, advice + dose


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