Risk factors and outcome of changes in adrenal response to ACTH in the course of critical illness

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-44

  De Jong, Margriet Fleur Charlotte ^a   Beishuizen, Albertus ^a   Van Schijndel, Rob Joris Maria Strack ^a   Girbes, Armand Roelof Johan ^a   Groeneveld, Arie Bastiaan Johan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

critical illness related corticosteroid insufficiency; hydrocortisone treatment; outcome; septic shock; short ACTH test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CRITICAL ILLNES RELATED CORTICOID INSUFFICIENCY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84856187738     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066610393456     Document Type: Article

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