The endocrine response to critical illness: Update and implications for emergency medicine

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 909-929

  Gibson, Scott C ^a   Hartman, David A ^a   Schenck, Jason M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYXEDEMA; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; STRESS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 20744432934     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2005.03.015     Document Type: Review

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