A 45-year-old woman is brought to the emergency room after developing diffuse skin tenderness and blistering. Her symptoms initially started with fever and malaise and have been progressing over the past 24 hours. On examination, there’s a widespread skin peeling, painful erythematous patches over 50% of her body, and mucosal involvement. Nikolsky's sign is positive. She was recently started on allopurinol for gout.
What is the most appropriate next step in management?
Keep going — a set of ten like this one, one at a time.
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