Adrenal response in children with septic shock

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1609-1613

  Casartelli, Carlos Henrique ^b   Garcia, Pedro Celiny Ramos ^a,b   Branco, Ricardo Garcia ^b,c   Piva, Jefferson P ^b   Einloft, Paulo Roberto ^b   Tasker, Robert C ^c  

^a Division of Pediatric Intensive at Hospital São Lucas ^*  (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Cortisol; Intensive Care; Low dose corticotrophin stimulation test; Pediatric; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE RESPONSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRISM; PROVOCATION TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULATION; STRESS;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 34548158993     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0699-7     Document Type: Article

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