Adrenal functions in patients with sepsis

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 182-186

  Aygen, B ^a,b   Inan, M ^a   Doganay M ^a   Kelestimur F ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical function; Sepsis; Sepsis related disorders

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030804870     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211749     Document Type: Article

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