The serum cortisol:cortisone ratio in the postoperative acute-phase response

Hormone Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 293-296

  Vogeser, Michael ^a   Groetzner, J ^a   Kupper C ^a   Briegel, J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

11 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Acute phase response; Cardiosurgery; Cortisol; Cortisone

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL STRESS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORTISONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 0038017010     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070628     Document Type: Article

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