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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 +7 more
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Autoimmune primary adrenal insufficiency -current diagnostic approaches and future perspectives
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 The adrenal glands are small endocrine glands located on top of each kidney, producing hormones regulating important functions in our body like metabolism and stress.
Anette S. B. Wolff +4 more
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Approach to the patient with glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2022 Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency is caused by exogenous glucocorticoid suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and is the most prevalent form of adrenal insufficiency.
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Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can cause acute abdomen following adrenal insufficiency or adrenal infarction. Therefore, when diffusely enlarged adrenal glands and adrenal insufficiency of unknown cause are seen in a patient presenting
Risa Hirata +7 more
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International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021 Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of public health importance globally. The incidence of pulmonary TB is rising in sub-Saharan Africa. Bilateral adrenal destruction and the use of medications such as rifampicin are possible mechanisms by which
Taoreed Adegoke Azeez +4 more
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Therapy options for adrenal insufficiency and recommendations for the management of adrenal crisis
Endocrine, 2021 Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is a life-threatening condition requiring life-long glucocorticoid (GC) substitution therapy, as well as stress adaptation to prevent adrenal crises. The number of individuals with primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency in
H. Nowotny +14 more
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Challenging Diagnosis of Addison’s Disease Presenting with Adrenal Crisis
Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2021 Primary adrenal insufficiency, also known as Addison’s disease, is a rare but potentially fatal condition resulting from the failure of the adrenal cortex to produce glucocorticoid and/or mineralocorticoid hormones.
Ni Wayan Wina Dharmesti +4 more
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New onset adrenal insufficiency in a patient with COVID-19
BMJ Case Reports, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of COVID-19. Since the outbreak and rapid spread of COVID-19, it has been apparent that the disease is having multi-organ system involvement.
Maram Hashim, S. Athar, W. Gaba
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Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2022 Primary adrenal insufficiency rarely occurs due to infections, which consequently involves destruction or dysfunction of both adrenal cortices. Tuberculous adrenalitis is still a frequent cause of adrenal insufficiency in developing countries. We present
Pooja Govind +2 more
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Increased mortality risk in patients with primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021 CONTEXT Mortality data in patients with adrenal insufficiency are inconsistent, possibly due to temporal and geographical differences between patients and their reference populations.
Kanchana Ngaosuwan +7 more
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