ACTH and cortisol response to critical illness in term and late preterm newborns

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 797-802

  Fernandez, E F ^a   Montman, R ^b   Watterberg, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURITY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 57049099731     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.190     Document Type: Article

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