Steroid Dosing
The mean dose was 50.86 mg (SD=11.85) and the mean dose per weight was 1.27 mg/kg (SD=0.49) (Table 1). The duration of treatment was 6.78 (SD=6.24). The large SD was attributed to four patients who were treated for 42, 37, 25, 16 days respectively. The provider team utilizes doses of 2 mg/kg per day with an upper limit of 60 mg per day of oral prednisone in clinical practice.