Screening for hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression in asthmatics taking high dose inhaled corticosteroids

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 511-516

  Brown, P H ^a   Blundell, G ^a   Greening, A P ^a   Crompton, G K ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BUDESONIDE; CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INJECTION PAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STEROID EXCRETION; STRESS;

EID: 0026009306     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(06)80269-6     Document Type: Article

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