Critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI): a narrative review from a Multispecialty Task Force of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1781-1792

  Annane, Djillali ^a   Pastores, Stephen M ^b   Arlt, Wiebke ^d   Balk, Robert A ^e   Beishuizen, Albertus ^f   Briegel, Josef ^g   Carcillo, Joseph ^h   Christ Crain, Mirjam ⁱ   Cooper, Mark S ^j   Marik, Paul E ^k   Meduri, Gianfranco Umberto ^l   Olsen, Keith M ^m   Rochwerg, Bram ^c   Rodgers, Sophia C ⁿ   Russell, James A ^o   Van den Berghe, Greet ^p  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^k EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Corticosteroid insufficiency; Critical illness; Glucocorticoid receptor; Glucocorticoids; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; VASOPRESSIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS RELATED CORTICOSTEROID INSUFFICIENCY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 85029750788     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4914-x     Document Type: Review

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