Diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in severe sepsis and septic shock

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1319-1326

  Annane, Djillali ^a   Maxime, Virginie ^b   Ibrahim, Fidaa ^b   Alvarez, Jean Claude ^b   Abe, Emuri ^b   Boudou, Philippe ^b  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corticol injection; Corticotropin; Free cortisol

Indexed keywords

11BETA DEOXYCORTISOL; ALBUMIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTODOXONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; TRANSCORTIN;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; COSYNTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; METYRAPONE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 33845502503     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200509-1369OC     Document Type: Article

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