Question

A 67-year-old with new-onset jaw claudication and visual disturbance has markedly raised ESR. Most appropriate immediate management:

Accepted Answer

High-dose oral prednisolone 40-60 mg daily immediately

Answer

Low-dose prednisolone 10 mg daily

Answer

Aspirin alone

Answer

Temporal artery biopsy before steroids

Answer

Methotrexate first-line

Practice question

A 67-year-old with new-onset jaw claudication and visual disturbance has markedly raised ESR. Most appropriate immediate management: