An endocrinological emergency masquerading as an overdose

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sinha, Nihal ^a   Rahman, Faisal ^b   Shin, Mirae ^a   Burbridge, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTICAL ANTIBODY; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIBODY; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE VOLUME; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84865312312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.12.2011.5328     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. May ME, Vaughn ED, Carey RM. Adrenocortical insufficiency-clinical aspects. In: Vaughan ED Jr Carey RM, eds. Adrenal Disorders. New York: Thieme 1989:171-89.
2. Brosnan CM, Gowing NFC. 'Lesson of the Week: Addison's disease'. BMJ 1996;312:1085-108.
3. Oelkers W. Adrenal insufficiency. N Engl J Med 1996;335:1206-12.
4. Walmsley RN, White GH. Normal "anion gap" (hyperchloremic) acidosis. Clin Chem 1985;31:309-13.
5. Anglin RE, Rosebush PI, Mazurek MF. The neuropsychiatric profile of Addison's disease: revisiting a forgotten phenomenon. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2006;18:450-9.
6. Moallem M, Nader N, Auckley D. A 22-year-old woman with fever, jaw pain, and shock. Chest 2007;132:1077-9.