- Relative Potency and Characteristics Steroids:
- Articular Steroid Injection:
- Peri-Operative Dosing (for patient on Steroids):
- MSK changes associatted w/ Steroids:
- Steroids: for Rheumatoid Arthritis:
- when giving steroids for inflammatory arthritis, be sure that the arthritis is not due to a cryoglobinemia (from hepatitis or other), because this
may actually provoke further viremia;
- Steroid Protocol for Spinal Cord Injury:
- Steroids for Hypercalcemia:
- in some circumstances, glucocorticoids can be effective Ca lowering agents;
- consider 200 to 300 mg of hydrocortisone, or its equivalent, is given intravenously every day for three to five days;
- in general, patients with nonhematologic cancers do not respond to glucocorticoids, nor do those with primary hyperparathyroidism;
- ref: High-dose Steroids for Neurotrauma – Another Thing to Watch