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Intravenous hydrocortisone in high doses is often prescribed when immunosuppression is required urgently, such as in the treatment of acute asthma.It is also sometimes used when patients are unable to take oral prednisolone.This practice is potentially dangerous, however, as high dose hydrocortisone may precipitate clinically significant hypokalaemia in susceptible patients.The importance of this effect is emphasised by the following report.
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