One step forward: An advance in understanding of adrenal insufficiency in the pediatric critically ill

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 911-912

  Agus, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Cortisol; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ETOMIDATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17044428090     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000159724.29534.CF     Document Type: Editorial

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