Severe respiratory failure secondary to Cushing's myopathy

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 618-621

  Blanco, Concepcion ^a   Marazuela, M ^a   Flores, J ^b   Alvarez, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Myopathy; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DEXAMETHASONE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PRESSURE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CUSHING SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0034779836     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03343903     Document Type: Article

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