Adrenal dysfunction in critically ill patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1547-1549

  Gomez Sanchez, Celso E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR BETA; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5BETA REDUCTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84876345710     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1302305     Document Type: Editorial

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