Adrenal insufficiency in critically ill emergency department patients: A Taiwan preliminary study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 761-764

  Chang, S S ^a   Liaw, S J ^a,b   Bullard, M J ^a   Chiu, T F ^a   Chen, J C ^a   Liao, H C ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SAINT PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hypofunction, adrenal gland; Medicine, herbal; Myocardial infarction; Sepsis syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034931950     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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