Determining relevant cortisol concentrations in critically ill patients

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Manji, Rizwan A ^a   Kumar, Anand ^a  

^a I H Asper Clinical Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE;

EID: 77956635007     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8225     Document Type: Note

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