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Clinical and biochemical factors to predict biochemical adrenal insufficiency in hospitalized patients with indeterminate cortisol levels: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Adrenal insufficiency (AI) in hospitalized patients is a fatal condition if left undiagnosed. Most patients may require an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation test to facilitate AI diagnosis. We aim to identify simple biochemical and clinical factors and derive a predictive mo...

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Autores principales: Manosroi, Worapaka, Kosachunhanan, Natapong, Atthakomol, Pichitchai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7031969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32075632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-020-0508-7