The effect of epidural methylprednisolone acetate injection on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 629-633

  Habib, George ^a,b   Jabbour, Adel ^a   Salman, Jameel ^a   Hakim, Geries ^a   Haddad, Henry ^a  

^a Nazareth Hospital   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Back pain; chronic; Corticosteroids; Epidural analgesia; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Methylprednisolone acetate; Secondary adrenal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BACK PAIN; CHRONIC; CORTICOSTEROIDS; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SECONDARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890429569     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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