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Adrenal insufficiency

Lancet, The, 2003
Adrenal insufficiency is caused by either primary adrenal failure (mostly due to autoimmune adrenalitis) or by hypothalamic-pituitary impairment of the corticotropic axis (predominantly due to pituitary disease).
Wiebke Arlt
exaly   +4 more sources

Adrenal insufficiency

Lancet, The, 2014
Adrenal insufficiency is the clinical manifestation of deficient production or action of glucocorticoids, with or without deficiency also in mineralocorticoids and adrenal androgens.
, Nicolas C Nicolaides, George P Chrousos   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Fertility and pregnancy in adrenal insufficiency

Endocrine Connections
Despite the availability of adrenal hormone replacement therapy, patients with adrenal insufficiency can be affected by reduced fertility and parity.
Deirdre Green, Rosemary Dineen, Michael W O’Reilly, Mark Sherlock   +3 more
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Adrenal insufficiency presenting as hypercalcemia and acute kidney injury

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2016
Seung Won Ahn,1 Tong Yoon Kim,1 Sangmin Lee,1 Jeong Yeon Jeong,1 Hojoon Shim,1 Yu min Han,1 Kyu Eun Choi,1 Seok Joon Shin,1,2 Hye Eun Yoon,1,2 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 2Division of ...
Ahn SW, Kim TY, Lee S, Jeong JY, Shim H, Han YM, Choi KE, Shin SJ, Yoon HE   +8 more
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Pediatric Adrenal Insufficiency: Diagnosis, Management, and New Therapies

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Adrenal insufficiency may result from a wide variety of congenital or acquired disorders of hypothalamus, pituitary, or adrenal cortex. Destruction or dysfunction of the adrenal cortex is the cause of primary adrenal insufficiency, while secondary ...
Sasigarn A. Bowden, Rohan Henry
doaj   +2 more sources

Long-diagnosed primary adrenal insufficiency in the setting of Werlhof’s disease. A clinical case report

Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2023
Chronic adrenal insufficiency is an endocrine disease caused by insufficient secretion of adrenal hormones due to dysfunction of one or more links of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
I.V. Chernyavska, N.V. Skrypnyk, V.I. Pankiv   +2 more
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Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency [PDF]

, 2023
Background: Glucocorticoids (GCs) are effective in treating many diseases and are widely used. However, glucocorticoid treatment can down-regulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and lead to glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency.
Einarsdóttir, Margrét Jóna
core   +2 more sources

New-onset primary adrenal insufficiency in pregnancy associated with a unilateral adrenal infarction: a case report

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2023
New-onset primary adrenal insufficiency is rare in pregnancy. The symptoms of adrenal insufficiency such as nausea, vomiting and dizziness may be attributed to the pregnancy itself, which can lead to a delay in the diagnosis. The presence of hypotension,
Lakshmi Menon, Dinesh Edem, Jhansi Maradana, Pranjali Sharma, Shrikant Tamhane   +4 more
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Adrenal Crisis During Cesarean Section in a Patient With Primary Adrenal Insufficiency [PDF]

, 2023
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a type of primary adrenal insufficiency (AI) that predisposes to adrenal crisis (AC) during stress. We describe a case of a primipara with CAH who was admitted in labor.
Pestana, Inês, Saraiva, Alexandra, Machado, Humberto, Veiga, Dalila, Guimarães, Henrique   +4 more
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Characteristics of adrenal insufficiency in hemodialysis patients

Renal Replacement Therapy, 2021
Background Adrenal insufficiency causes abnormal subjective symptoms such as general fatigue, signs such as hypotension, and abnormalities such as hypoglycemia and leads to poor prognosis.
Naro Ohashi, Yukitoshi Sakao, Taichi Sato, Sayaka Ishigaki, Shinsuke Isobe, Tomoyuki Fujikura, Akihiko Kato, Hideo Yasuda   +7 more
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