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Complications of Prolonged or High Dose Corticosteroid Therapy

Purpose: To identify possible side effects or complications in a patient receiving prolonged and/or high dose corticosteroid therapy.

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient who is being treated with high dose or prolonged corticosteroid therapy?

Age of the patient

years

Gender of the patient

Is the patient pregnant?

Does the patient show?

• adrenal atrophy?

• Cushing's syndrome?

• dyslipidemia?

• hypertension?

• thrombosis?

• a change in behavior and mood, including euphoria or psychosis?

• changes in cognition and memory?

• cerebral atrophy?

• peptic ulceration?

• gastrointestinal bleeding?

• pancreatitis?

• immunosuppression, with increased risk of infection?

• skin atrophy?

• delayed wound healing?

• skin erythema?

• hypertrichosis?

• perioral dermatitis?

• petechiae?

• acne?

• striae rubrae distensae?

• telangiectasia?

• osteonecrosis?

• muscle atrophy?

• osteoporosis with risk of fracture?

• retardation of longitudinal bone growth with reduced adult stature?

• cataracts?

• glaucoma?

• increased sodium retention?

• increased potassium excretion?

• delayed puberty?

• hypogonadism?

• growth retardation in the fetus

• hyperglycemia with or without diabetes?

Results

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Specialty

Objective

ICD-10