Corticosteroid insufficiency in acutely ill patients

N Engl J Med. 2003 Feb 20;348(8):727-34. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra020529.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / deficiency*
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
  • Adrenal Insufficiency / diagnosis*
  • Adrenal Insufficiency / drug therapy*
  • Cosyntropin
  • Critical Illness
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hydrocortisone / blood
  • Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiology
  • Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiopathology*
  • Pituitary-Adrenal System / physiology
  • Pituitary-Adrenal System / physiopathology*
  • Shock, Septic / drug therapy

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Cosyntropin
  • Hydrocortisone