Acute relative adrenal insufficiency after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 645-649

  Weant, Kyle A ^a,b   Sasaki Adams, Deanna ^c   Dziedzic, Kathryn ^d   Ewend, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; Brain injury; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETOMIDATE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; COSYNTROPIN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56749176227     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000325728.50939.15     Document Type: Article

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