Early changes in function of hypothalamic-pituitary-target gland axis in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

Chinese Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 332-335

  Cui, Na ^a   Liu, Da Wei ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Zeng, Zheng Pei ^a   Long, Yun ^a   Chai, Wen Zhao ^a   Liu, Hong Zhong ^a   Wang, Xiao Ting ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hormone; Hypothalamic pituitry target gland axis; Sepsi; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVOR; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 34447269212     PISSN: 10030603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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