A 66-year-old woman presents with acute unilateral visual loss and headache. ESR 82 mm/hr; jaw claudication present. What is the immediate management?...

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A 66-year-old woman presents with acute unilateral visual loss and headache. ESR 82 mm/hr; jaw claudication present. What is the immediate management?

Accepted Answer

Start high-dose oral prednisolone and arrange temporal artery biopsy

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Await biopsy confirmation before treatment

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Start low-dose aspirin only

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Start methotrexate

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Refer routine ophthalmology

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A 66-year-old woman presents with acute unilateral visual loss and headache. ESR 82 mm/hr; jaw claudication present. What is the immediate management?