The rapid low-dose (1 μg) cosyntropin test in the immediate postoperative period: Results in elderly subjects after major abdominal surgery

Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 431-440

  Richards, Melanie L ^a,b   Caplan, Robert H ^a   Wickus, Gary G ^a   Lambert, Pamela J ^a   Kisken, William A ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032922569     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70011-5     Document Type: Article

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