Cortisol changes among patients with septic shock and the relationship to ICU and hospital stay

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1362-1369

  Goodman, Sergei ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^a   Ziegler, Daniel ^b   Weiss, Yoram G ^a,c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH stimulation test; Adrenocortical axis; Cortisol; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HORMONES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 26444591090     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2770-6     Document Type: Article

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