Prednisolone Professional Usage Guide -- 2

I need a concise, evidence-based guide that a busy clinician can open during ward rounds or consultations and immediately confirm whether Prednisolone is appropriate, how much to start, how fast to taper, and which adverse effects must be monitored.

Focus only on clear, up-to-date guidelines—no case reports, no anecdotes. The document should open with a one-sentence indication summary, followed by dosing recommendations for the most common adult and paediatric scenarios (acute asthma, COPD exacerbation, temporal arteritis, autoimmune flare, etc.). Include practical details such as timing with meals, dose-splitting versus single-morning dosing, and steroid-conversion tables.

A separate section should outline acute and long-term risks: gastrointestinal bleeding, hyperglycaemia, infection risk, HPA-axis suppression, osteoporosis, neuro-psychiatric effects, and how to mitigate each one (e.g., PPI co-prescription, calcium/vitamin D, vaccination timing).

Please ground every recommendation in current NICE, ACR, or equivalent peer-reviewed guidance and cite them in-text (Harvard or Vancouver style is fine). Target length 1 500–2 000 words delivered as an editable DOCX or Google Doc. I will consider the job complete when the guide:
• covers dosing for at least five common indications with taper schedules
• presents all major short- and long-term side effects with monitoring advice
• references at least six recent guidelines or high-quality reviews

If you are comfortable working with pharmacology guidelines and can turn this around quickly, I look forward to seeing your proposal.