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Relative Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critical Care Setting: Debunking the Classic Myth

BACKGROUND: Classic teaching states that chronic adrenal insufficiency is associated with hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, hypercalcemia, hypoglycemia, and eosinophilia. We hypothesize that these diagnostic markers do not predict relative adrenal insufficiency (RAI) in the critically ill or injured patie...

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Autores principales: Kromah, Fatuma, Tyroch, Alan, McLean, Susan, Hughes, Harold, Flavin, Nina, Lee, Soyoung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1126-3