Cortisol in severely burned patients: Investigations on disturbance of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Shock

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 662-667

  Fuchs, Paul Ch ^a,b   Groger, Andreas ^a   Bozkurt, Ahmet ^a   Johnen, Daniel ^a   Wolter, Timm ^a   Pallua, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Hand Surgery Burn Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burns; Corticotropin releasing hormone test; Cortisol; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 36249026131     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b0318123e53b     Document Type: Article

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