Corticosteroid replacement therapy in hepatoadrenal syndrome: Case report with a review of the literature

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1344-1347

  Tomaselli, Tania ^a   Privitera, Graziella ^a   Fede, Giuseppe ^a   Spadaro, Luisa ^a   Scicali, Roberto ^a   Di Vita, Rossella ^a   Compagnone, Domenico ^a   Purrello, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Cirrhosis; Corticosteroid therapy; Low dose synacthen test; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE ACETATE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMORRHOID; HEPATOADRENAL SYNDROME; HEPATOMEGALY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTENSION; LEG SWELLING; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UMBILICUS; WEAKNESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CORTISONE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867328383     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328357188c     Document Type: Review

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