Changes in serum cortisol levels during community-acquired pneumonia: The influence of dexamethasone

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 905-908

  Remmelts, Hilde H F ^a,b   Meijvis, Sabine C A ^c   Kovaleva, Alexandra ^a   Biesma, Douwe H ^a,c   Rijkers, Ger T ^c   Heijligenberg, Rik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Corticosteroids; Cortisol; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859787582     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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