Fig 5. Respondents in primary care practice reported more varied initial dosages of prednisolone.
(A) Graph showing initial glucocorticoid dosage used by those in primary care practice (PCP, n = 116) or board-certified clinicians (BCC, n = 22). Points represent individual responses, bars represent median. Inter-quartile range values were the same as the median in both groups. Groups compared with Mann-Whitney U test. (B) Boxplot showing initial glucocorticoid dosage selected by those in PCP according to year of graduation, annotated with number of respondents per group. Boxes show median with 25th and 75th percentiles, whiskers show minimum and maximum values. (C) Graphs showing dosage selected by those in PCP, n = 133 and BCCs, n = 21 in two clinical scenarios concerning initial dosage of glucocorticoids in a dog recently diagnosed with IMHA. Points represent median with inter-quartile range. Dotted lines indicate median value provided in Fig 5A to show difference from answers to that question. Responses compared with Wilcoxon signed rank tests. (D) Individual paired responses for those in PCP and BCCs for the two clinical scenarios. Individuals selecting the same dosage are marked with a black line, those using a higher dosage in the heavier dog are marked with a red line, and those using a lower dosage in the heavier dog are marked with a blue line.