Atypical presentation of shock from acute adrenal insufficiency in an adolescent male

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 380-383

  Kwok, Maria Y ^a   Scanlon, Matthew C ^b   Slyper, Arnold H ^b  

^a Internal Medicine New York Presbyterian   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute adrenal insufficiency; Adolescent; Renin; Septic; Shock

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHOCK; SKIN DEFECT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; SHOCK; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 20544475271     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000166730.63223.b2     Document Type: Article

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