Immediate postoperative cortisol levels accurately predict postoperative hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function after transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors

Pituitary

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-255

  Marko, Nicholas F ^a   Hamrahian, Amir H ^a   Weil, Robert J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH stimulation; Adrenal insufficiency; Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACCURACY; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 77955923160     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-010-0227-6     Document Type: Article

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