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Patient and caregiver experiences with hydrocortisone injections in adrenal crisis: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Endocrinology
BackgroundAdrenal crisis is the leading cause of death in patients with adrenal insufficiency, and prevention requires immediate parenteral hydrocortisone administration. However, most patients do not receive their home emergency hydrocortisone injection.
Sofia Llahana, Julia Anthony, Kyriakie Sarafoglou, Kyriakie Sarafoglou, Mitchell E. Geffner, Richard Ross   +5 more
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Post‐Tuberculosis Adrenal Crisis in a Young Boy: A Case Report [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
An adrenal crisis should be considered in children with a history of tuberculosis who present with shock, hypoglycemia, and hyperpigmentation. Even years after successful treatment, TB can cause irreversible adrenal damage leading to primary adrenal ...
Aisha Haleem, Saad Ashraf, Daniya Tarique, Muhammad Zohair, Ajeet Singh, Biruk Demisse Ayalew   +5 more
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Familial Mediterranean Fever Complicated by a Triad of Adrenal Crisis: Amyloid Goiter and Cardiac Amyloidosis

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2020
Background. FMF is a common disease in the Mediterranean populations and may be complicated by AA amyloidosis. The coexistence of adrenal and thyroid amyloidosis in AA amyloidosis secondary to familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an extremely rare ...
Sadi A. Abukhalaf, Beesan W. Dandis, Tasnim Za’tari, Adham M. Amro, Tareq Z. Alzughayyar, Yazan A. Rajabi   +5 more
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A retrospective analysis of adrenal crisis in steroid-dependent patients: causes, frequency and outcomes

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2019
Background Adrenal patients have a lifelong dependency on steroid replacement therapy and are vulnerable to sudden death from undertreated adrenal crisis.
Katherine G. White
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Adrenal Crisis: From Perioperative Clinic to Diagnosis. [PDF]

Cureus
Gültekin A, Öner KB, Yıldırım İ, Arar C, Gürkan S.   +4 more
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Adrenal crisis secondary to bilateral adrenal haemorrhage after hemicolectomy [PDF]

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2016
Adrenal haemorrhage is a rare cause of adrenal crisis, which requires rapid diagnosis, prompt initiation of parenteral hydrocortisone and haemodynamic monitoring to avoid hypotensive crises.
Anthony Logaraj, Venessa H M Tsang, Shahrir Kabir, Julian C Y Ip   +3 more
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A Rare Presentation of Possible Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Adrenal Insufficiency Leading to Adrenal Crisis in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Case Report

Case Reports in Medicine, 2020
Histoplasmosis is caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, and commonly it causes an asymptomatic illness. Although Histoplasma is the commonest organism to infect adrenal glands, disseminated histoplasmosis in an immune-competent host leading to adrenal ...
Wanasinghe Arachchilage Praneeth Prabash Jayathilake, Kulatunga Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Pramitha Prabhashini Kumarihamy, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Priyantha Udaya Kumara Ralapanawa, Widana Arachchilage Thilak Ananda Jayalath   +3 more
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Prevention of adrenal crisis: cortisol responses to major stress compared to stress dose hydrocortisone delivery in adrenal insufficiency [PDF]

medRxiv, 2020
Context: Patients with adrenal insufficiency require increased hydrocortisone cover during major stress to avoid life-threatening adrenal crisis. However, current treatment recommendations are not evidence-based.
Alessandro Prete, Angela E. Taylor, Irina Bancos, David J. Smith, Mark Foster, Sibylle Köhler, Violet Fazal-Sanderson, John Komninos, Donna O’Neil, Dimitra A. Vassiliadi, Christopher J Mowatt, Radu Mihai, Joanne L. Fallowfield, Djillali Annane, Janet M. Lord, Brian Keevil, John Wass, Niki Karavitaki, Wiebke Arlt   +18 more
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Severe neonatal presentation of Xp21 contiguous gene deletion: adrenal crisis and neuromuscular involvement. [PDF]

Acta Myol
Stanković S, Stanković T, Ignjatović M, Jakovljević M, Andrejević M.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Is this Acute Manifestation of Adrenal Crisis?

Acta Medica International
Adrenal crisis is a life threatening complication of both primary and secondary adrenocortical insufficiency. The diagnosis of adrenal crisis requires a high index of suspicion, such as circulatory collapse, refractory hypotension, and metabolic acidosis.
Chukwuemeka Nwaneri
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