Reduced nocturnal ACTH-driven cortisol secretion during critical illness

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 306, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Boonen, Eva ^a   Meersseman, Philippe ^b   Vervenne, Hilke ^a   Meyfroidt, Geert ^a   Guïza, Fabian ^a   Wouters, Pieter J ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^c   Van den Berghe, Greet ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR SIGNALING   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Cortisol; Deconvolution analysis; Intensive care; Secretion

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CORTISOL; DECONVOLUTION ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE; SECRETION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84900544519     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00009.2014     Document Type: Article

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