Low-Dose and High-Dose Synacthen Tests and the Hemodynamic Response to Hydrocortisone in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-164

  Wijesurendra, R S ^a   Bernard, F ^a,b   Outtrim, J ^a   Maiya, B ^a   Joshi, S ^a   Hutchinson, P J ^a   Halsall, D J ^a   Menon, D K ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Low dose; Synacthen; Tetracosactide; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COSYNTROPIN; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350564979     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9217-9     Document Type: Article

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