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Perioperative care of congenital adrenal hyperplasia – a disparity of physician practices in Canada

BACKGROUND: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is the most common cause of primary adrenal insufficiency in children. Current guidelines recommend the use of perioperative stress dose (supraphysiologic) glucocorticoids for children with CAH undergoing anesthesia, a...

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Autores principales: Nour, Munier A., Gill, Hardave, Mondal, Prosanta, Inman, Mark, Urmson, Kristine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13633-018-0063-4