Relationship between plasma cortisol levels and stress ulcer following acute and severe head injury

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-21

  Li, Zhong Min ^a   Wang, Le Xin ^b   Jiang, Li Cheng ^a   Zhu, Jian Xin ^a   Geng, Feng Yang ^a   Qiang, Fu ^a  

^a TAISHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Head injury; Stress ulcer

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEPTIC ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73849132144     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252829     Document Type: Article

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