Admission cortisol and adrenocorticotrophic hormone levels in children with meningococcal disease: Evidence of adrenal insufficiency?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2257-2261

  Riordan, F Andrew I ^a,c   Thomson, Alistair P J ^a   Ratcliffe, Jane M ^b   Sills, John A ^b   Diver, Michael J ^a   Hart, C Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Adrenocorticotrophic hormone; Cortisol; Meningococcal infection; Proinflammatory cytokines; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032750165     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199910000-00032     Document Type: Article

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