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Adrenal Crisis

Critical Care Clinics, 1991
In the case study presented in this article, the patient had many of the historical risk factors for bilateral adrenal hemorrhage that Rao outlined. He had recently undergone surgery and was receiving heparin for anticoagulation for a thromboembolic event.
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Adrenal Crisis/Adrenal Insufficiency

2017
Adrenal crisis is an acute deterioration in a patient with adrenal insufficiency, which is usually manifested as hypovolemic shock. Adrenal insufficiency may be secondary to infections especially tuberculosis, metastasis of cancer, bilateral adrenal hemorrhage, or bilateral adrenalectomy (primary or Addison’s disease); pituitary tumors, pituitary ...
Christopher S. Sharp, Michael P. Wilson
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Incidence of adrenal crisis in patients with adrenal insufficiency

Clinical Endocrinology, 2015
SummaryBackgroundAn adrenal crisis (AC) is a potential life‐threatening event in patients with adrenal insufficiency (AI). This study aims to determine the incidence, causes, and risk factors of AC in AI.MethodsPatients with AI diagnosed and treated at the University Medical Center Utrecht for the past 30 years were identified, and all medical records ...
Smans, L.C., Valk, E.S. Van der, Hermus, A.R., Zelissen, P.M.J.   +3 more
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Acute Adrenal Crisis

2008
Acute adrenal crisis is a life threatening endocrine emergency, requiring prompt diagnosis and immediate treatment. The recognition of adrenal crisis can be a clinical challenge as its presentation may be non-specific, with symptoms and signs masked by the precipitant leading to the crisis itself. Addison’s disease, first described by Thomas Addison in
Paul Lee, Ken KY Ho
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Perioperative Adrenal Crisis

2017
Perioperative adrenal insufficiency (AI) (adrenal crisis) is an uncommon life-threatening condition manifested by distributive shock that is poorly responsive to the administration of fluids and vasopressors. Timely treatment with high doses of glucocorticoids can be life saving.
Jing Tao, Jeffrey J. Schwartz
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Adrenal Insufficiency: Causes and Prevention of Adrenal Crisis

Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2013
Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is defined as clinically deficient production or action of glucocorticoids (Bornstein, 2009). Cortisol is the major glucocorticoid hormone and is produced by the adrenal cortex. Inability to produce sufficient amounts of cortisol is associated with increased morbidity and mortality (Zaloga &Marik, 2001).
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Pathophysiology and Treatment of Adrenal Crisis

New England Journal of Medicine, 1956
THE treatment of adrenal crisis has become an increasingly important topic for surgeons and internists. This derives from the ever-widening use of adrenalectomy as a therapeutic procedure in a variety of conditions. The consequent availability of bilaterally adrenalectomized patients has permitted a study of adrenal crisis and an analysis of its ...
M B, LIPSETT, O H, PEARSON
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Adrenal crisis presenting as hypoglycemic coma

Intensive Care Medicine, 2000
An 18-month-old male infant presented with hypoglycemic coma and clinical signs of bronchopneumonia. He was suspected of suffering from septic shock. The patient progressed to irreversible multiple organ failure before the diagnosis of adrenal crisis was established. Plasma levels of ACTH and cortisol remained undetectable.
J E, Fischer, T, Stallmach, S, Fanconi
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Adrenal Crisis

2013
Bikash Shreshta, V Venkateshwar
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Acute adrenal crisis

Nursing, 2006
Ellen, Pfadt, Dorothy S, Carlson
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