Adrenal hemorrhage: A 25-year experience at the Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-168

  Vella, Adrian ^a   Nippoldt, Todd B ^a   Morris III, John C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RENIN; TETRACOSACTIDE; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0035146854     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/76.2.161     Document Type: Article

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