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The incidence of relative adrenal insufficiency in patients with septic shock after the administration of etomidate

INTRODUCTION: Etomidate blocks adrenocortical synthesis when it is administered intravenously as a continuous infusion or a single bolus. The influence of etomidate administration on the incidence of relative adrenal insufficiency in patients with septic shock has not been formally investigated. The...

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Autores principales: Mohammad, Zulfiqar, Afessa, Bekele, Finkielman, Javier D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1751010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16859529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4979