[1] The mainstay of treatment is oral glucocorticoids (GC), with the recent BSR-BHPR guidelines suggesting an initial prednisone dose comprised between 15 and 20 mg as appropriate. [2] However ...

All patients were given tapered dosing schedules, with the exception of one patient, who received prednisone 20 mg daily. Specific dosing for the prednisone taper was not documented for most ...

For patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and pericarditis, recurrence of pericarditis occurs in more than 20% of patients and associated factors include younger age, prednisone treatment, ...