Adrenal Insufficiency, Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency
Adrenal Insufficiency Synonym Continue Reading Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency Related Conditions Addison’s disease Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome 1. Description of the problem What every clinician should know There is increasing evidence that in many critically ill patients activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the release of cortisol is impaired (adrenal insufficiency). The relative adrenal insufficiency results…
