The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of patients with severe sepsis: Altered response to corticotropin-releasing hormone

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 310-316

  Schroeder, Stefan ^a   Wichers, Maria ^a   Klingmüller, Dietrich ^a   Höfer, Martina ^a   Lehmann, Lutz Eric ^a   Von Spiegel, Tilman ^a   Hering, Rudolf ^a   Putensen, Christian ^a   Hoeft, Andreas ^a   Stüber, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Adrenocorticotropin hormone; Anti inflammatory agents; Clinical outcome; Corticotropin releasing hormone test; Critical illness; Functional integrity; Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INSULIN RESPONSE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0035113369     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200102000-00017     Document Type: Article

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