Oral corticosteroid stewardship: key insights from the Australasian Severe Asthma Registry.
John PolitisLi Ping ChungEzinne IgwePhilip BardinPeter G GibsonPublished in: Internal medicine journal (2024)
A large national asthma registry identifies exposure to toxic cumulative doses of OCS in more than a third of participants, with further subsequent cumulative dose escalation over 2 years. Steroid-sparing strategies were often not employed, highlighting the need for implementation of OCS stewardship initiatives.