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What percentage of >65 year olds have PMR?
A) What percentage of PMR patients get TA?
B) What percentage of TA patients get PMR?
What is the pathophysiology of PMR?
What is the pathophysiology of TA?
What are the diagnostic criteria for PMR?
What are some differentials for proximal girdle pain?
SIDEBAR:
Which drugs especially can cause myositis?
What investigations should be done in proximal girdle pain?
What results would you expect from investigating PMR?
Which imaging investigations would be useful in suspected PMR?
What is the management of PMR?
What is the initial dose of prednisolone for PMR and what is the regime for reducing it to a maintenance dose?
What is the maintenance dose of prednisolone for PMR most people get stuck at and what is the regime for withdrawal?
How long is the treatment course for PMR?
Which drugs can be used as steroid-sparing agents in PMR?
What are the symptoms of temporal arteritis?
How is TA picked up?
What lesion is characteristic of TA on US?
What is the management of TA
A) without visual symptoms
B) with visual symptoms?
A) How long are steroids weaned in TA?
B) What is the threshold for using steroid-sparing drugs?
