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Adrenal Insufficiency in Cirrhosis

open access: yesJournal of the Endocrine Society, 2022
Abstract Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis assessment in patients with cirrhosis is challenging. The phenotype of fatigue, hypotension, electrolyte disarray, and abdominal pain characterizing primary adrenal insufficiency (AI) overlaps significantly with decompensated liver disease.
Brian J Wentworth, Helmy M Siragy
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Progressive onset of adrenal insufficiency and hypogonadism of pituitary origin caused by a complex genetic rearrangement within DAX-1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
DAX-1 [dosage-sensitive sex reversal, adrenal hypoplasia congenital (AHC) critical region on the X chromosome, gene 11 is a transcription factor expressed in the adrenal gland and at all levels of the gonadotrope axis.
Gaillard, R.C.   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Refractory hypotension due to Nivolumab-induced adrenal insufficiency [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
2018-05Nivolumab, a new immune checkpoint inhibitor that has been found to improve outcomes for patients with some advanced cancers, is being increasingly used.
Kondo, Keisuke   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence of Adrenal Insufficiency in Korean Patients undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background This study investigated the prevalence of adrenal insufficiency among patients admitted for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) due to osteoarthritis and identified factors contributing to adrenal insufficiency.
So Won Baek, Jung Ho Noh, Yeon Sik Heo
doaj   +1 more source

Adrenal insufficiency in sepsis [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2006
Corticosteroids were introduced in the treatment of severe infection as early as in the nineteen forties. Several " negative" randomized controlled trials of high-dose of glucocorticoids given for a short period of time in the early course of severe sepsis or acute respiratory distress syndrome raised serious doubts on the benefit of this treatment ...
Polito, Andrea   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Clinical insights of pregnancy management, adrenal insufficiency as a possible cause of elevated TSH: a pilot study of case series

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background The upper limit for thyroid-stimulating hormone has been strictly defined for pregnancy management, at which point levothyroxine replacement therapy will been initiated.
Ken Kanazawa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Adrenal Insufficiency: Diagnosis, Management, and New Therapies

open access: yesInternational 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   +1 more source

A Case of Adrenal Mass Causing Adrenal Insufficiency: Tuberculosis

open access: yesEndocrinology Research and Practice, 2017
Tuberculosis, the prevalence of which has continued to decline in developed countries, is still one of the reasons of adrenal insufficiency. In this report, we aimed to present a case of adrenal and miliary tuberculosis presenting with adrenal ...
Pınar Şişman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adrenal insufficiency development during chemotherapy plus anti-programmed death receptor-1 monoclonal antibody (tislelizumab) therapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer: two case reports [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Yeungnam Medical Science, 2022
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-associated adrenal insufficiency is rare but may become a serious adverse event in patients treated with ICIs. The present case report documents two cases of adrenal insufficiency developed during chemotherapy plus ...
Jin Ho Baek
doaj   +1 more source

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