Medical disorders for which oral corticosteroids were prescribed for 191 patients receiving long term treatment
Disorder | No of patients | % |
---|---|---|
*Chronic obstructive lung disease and emphysema. | ||
Chronic pulmonary disease* | 59 | 31 |
Polymyalgia rheumatica | 54 | 28 |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 20 | 10 |
Inflammatory bowel disease | 15 | 8 |
Poststatus organ transplantation | 8 | 4 |
Temporal arteritis (biopsy proven) | 6 | 3 |
Neoplasm | 6 | 3 |
Dermatological disorders | 5 | 3 |
Pulmonary fibrosis | 4 | 2 |
Connective tissue diseases | 4 | 2 |
Other disorders | 10 | 5 |
Total number of patients | 191 | 100 |