Adrenal function in non-septic long-stay critically ill patients: Evaluation with the low-dose (1 μg) corticotropin stimulation test

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1168-1171

  Dimopoulou, Ioanna ^a,b   Ilias, Ioannis ^a   Roussou, Paraskevi ^a   Gavala, Alexandra ^a   Malefaki, Adigoni ^a   Milou, Ema ^a   Pitaridis, Marinos ^a   Roussos, Charis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical function; Cortisol; Interleukin 6; Low dose ACTH test; Outcome; Protracted critical illness

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036365720     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1360-0     Document Type: Article

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