Functional adrenal insufficiency among critically ill patients with human immunodeficiency virus in a resource-limited setting

African Health Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-107

  Meya, David B ^a   Katabira, Elly ^a   Otim, Marcel ^a   Ronald, Allan ^a   Colebunders, Robert ^a,b   Njama, Denise ^a   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^a   Whalen, Christopher C ^c   Sande, Merle ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional adrenal insufficiency; HIV; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFAMPIN; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 34547752379     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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