A 64-year-old woman presents with unilateral headache, jaw claudication and visual disturbance. ESR is 90 mm/h. What is the MOST appropriate immediate...

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A 64-year-old woman presents with unilateral headache, jaw claudication and visual disturbance. ESR is 90 mm/h. What is the MOST appropriate immediate management?

Accepted Answer

Commence high-dose corticosteroids immediately and arrange urgent temporal artery biopsy

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Await temporal artery biopsy before treatment

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Start low-dose aspirin only

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Treat with simple analgesia and review

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Order MRI brain and no other treatment

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A 64-year-old woman presents with unilateral headache, jaw claudication and visual disturbance. ESR is 90 mm/h. What is the MOST appropriate immediate management?