Relative adrenal insufficiency as a predictor of disease severity and mortality in severe septic shock

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-368

  Dalegrave, Daniele ^a   Silva, Rafael Lockshin ^a   Becker, Maicon ^a   Gehrke, Lísia Varella ^a   Friedman, Gilberto ^a,b  

^a Central Intensive Care Unit   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Adrenocorticotropic hormone administration dosage; ; Critical illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873917057     PISSN: 0103507X     EISSN: 19824335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-507X2012000400012     Document Type: Article

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