Table 1 Patients under steroid treatment: reasons for prescription

COPD/asthma/lung fibrosis

30 (18.3)

[48, 49, 52, 57–59, 68, 99, 101, 118, 121, 123, 128, 137, 146, 153, 180–183, 185, 187, 188, 192–196]

Leukemia/lymphoma

13 (7.9)

[9, 17, 23, 25, 37, 47, 56, 98, 111, 126, 162, 186]

SLE

9 (5.5)

[41, 64, 66, 86, 151, 176, 197, 198]

Rheumatoid arthtritis

4 (2.4)

[83, 103, 199, 200]

IBD

6 (3.6)

[59, 147, 148, 164, 177, 201]

Sarcoidosis

2 (1.2)

[65, 132]

Cancer

8 (4.8)

[30, 54, 93, 97, 112, 160, 169, 202]

Organ/bone marrow transplant

25 (15.2)

[21, 25, 29, 31, 39, 48, 51, 54, 60, 70, 71, 74, 76, 81, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 142, 145, 150, 184]

Glomerulonephritis/CRI

6 (3.6)

[16, 18, 20, 129, 130, 154]

“Idiopatic” eosinophilia

3 (1.8)

[7]

Multiple myeloma/myelodisplasia

6 (3.6)

[72, 185, 203–206]

Aspecific symptoms

2 (1.2)

[85, 166]

Other clinical conditions

46 (28)

[17, 22, 34, 36, 54, 59, 66, 84, 89, 100, 102, 110, 113, 124, 125, 127, 133–135, 140, 155, 159, 171–174, 207–213]

HIV-related opportunistic infections/IRIS

4 (2.4)

[24, 26, 36, 105]