Adrenal function in different subgroups of septic shock patients

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-44

  Salgado, D R ^a,b   Rocco, J R ^b   Rosso Verdeal, J C ^a  

^a Hospital Barra D'Or   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ACTH test; Cortisol; ICU; Relative adrenal insufficiency; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COSYNTROPIN; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 37549014597     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01492.x     Document Type: Article

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