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Acute-Onset Panhypopituitarism Nearly Missed by Initial Cosyntropin Testing

INTRODUCTION: Diagnosis of adrenal crisis and panhypopituitarism in patients with septic shock is difficult but crucial for outcome. CASE: A 66-year-old woman with metastasized breast cancer presented to the ED with respiratory insufficiency and septic shock after a 2-day history of the flu. After t...

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Autores principales: Blum, Claudine A., Schneeberger, Daniel, Lang, Matthias, Rakic, Janko, Michot, Marc Philippe, Müller, Beat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5646303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29109870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7931438