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Life-Threatening Hypotension in a Brain-Injured, Multi-Trauma Patient With Unilateral Adrenal Gland Damage: How a Single Hydrocortisone Dose Revealed Relative Corticosteroid Insufficiency
We report a case of a multi-trauma, brain-injured young patient with unilateral adrenal gland injury presenting with refractory shock. Acute adrenal insufficiency was revealed after an abrupt hemodynamic response to a corticosteroid; the resistant shock was quickly resolved with IV hydrocortisone. A...
Autores principales: | Zakynthinos, Georgios E, Zygoulis, Paris, Tsikrika, Alexandra, Tsolaki, Vasiliki |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9867564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36694505 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32843 |
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