Etomidate, pharmacological adrenalectomy and the critically ill: A matter of vital importance

Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Bloomfield, Roxanna ^a   Noble, David W ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETOMIDATE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLACEBO; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ADRENALECTOMY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETOMIDATE; HUMANS;

EID: 34250004615     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5020     Document Type: Note

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