Identifying critically ill patients who may benefit from adjunctive corticosteroids: Not as easy as we thought

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 769-771

  Atkinson, Sarah J ^a,b   Wong, Hector R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Corticosteroids; Critical illness; Polymorphisms; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; DNA;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZONA FASCICULATA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE;

DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 2;

EID: 84918581970     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000203     Document Type: Editorial

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