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Diminished adrenal sensitivity to endogenous and exogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone in critical illness: a prospective cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Adrenal dysfunction may represent critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI), as evidenced by a diminished cortisol response to exogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), but this concept and its clinical significance remain highly controversial. We studied the ad...

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Autores principales: de Jong, Margriet FC, Molenaar, Nienke, Beishuizen, Albertus, Groeneveld, AB Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25560635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0721-8