Acute adrenal insufficiency may affect outcome in the trauma patient

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-290

  Guillamondegui, Oscar D ^a   Gunter, Oliver L ^b   Patel, Shivani ^b   Fleming, Sloan ^b   Cotton, Bryan A ^a   Morris Jr , John A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; COSYNTROPIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 65549091893     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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