Adrenal insufficiency following traumatic brain injury in adults

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-166

  Powner, David J ^a   Boccalandro, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland hypofunction; Brain injuries; Hypothalamo hypophyseal system; Nervous system; Pituitary adrenal system; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; THYROTROPIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SURGEON; THYROID DISEASE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41849085219     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282f57528     Document Type: Review

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