Study of hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis in frail elderly subjects

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 31-34

  Rao, Medha Y ^a   Rao, Tejas Suresh ^a   Narayanaswamy, Ramesh Kalhalli ^a  

^a MS Ramaiah Med Teaching Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STIMULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COSYNTROPIN; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HORMONES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84865195840     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. th Ed. p 239-242.
2. Weber CE "Cortisol's purpose. " Medical Hypotheses 1998;51:289-292.
3. th Ed. p 345-362
4. th Ed. p 2247-2265.
5. Dorin RI, Qualls CR, Crapo LM. "Diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency" (PDF). Ann. Intern Med 2003;139:194-204.
6. Elizabeth H. Holt, MD, PhD (2008). ACTH (cosyntropin) stimulation test.
7. K. Pagana, PhD, RN and T. Pagana, MD, FACS. Mosby's Diagnostic and Lab Test Reference 2nd ed: Aldosterone, Cortisol pp 29 and 260.
8. Beale E, Zhu J, Belzberg H. Changes in serum cortisol with age in critically ill patients. Gerontology 2002;48:84-92.
9. Chacko Sujith Thomas, John George, Thomas Nihal et al. Subclinical hypocortisolemia in patients with sepsis in medical intensive care. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2004;8:162-167.
10. Fried L P, Tangen C M, Walston J et al. Frailty in older adults: Evidence for a phenotype. J Gerontol 2001;56:M146-56.
11. Elizabeth F Kozyra. Can 1 microgram of Cosyntropin be used to evaluate Adrenal Insufficiency in critically ill patients? The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2005;39:691-698.
12. Elisabeth J Nye, Jeffrey E Grice. Comparison of ACTH stimulation tests and insulin hypoglycemia in normal humans:low dose, standard high dose, and 8 hour ACTH (1-24) infusion tests. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1999;84:3648-3655.
13. Shameen R, Laf SA. Healthy aged persons had a better adrenocortical function. Mymensingh Medical Journal 2007;16:61-63.
14. Carvalhaes Neto N, Huayllas MK et al. Cortisol, DHEAS and aging: resistance to cortisol supression in frail institutionised elderly. J Endocrinol Invest 2003;26:17-22.