Adrenal gland volume measurement in septic shock and control patients: a pilot study
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Adrenal insuYciency in septic shock
Background—Functional adrenal insuYciency has been documented in critically ill adults. Objective—To document the incidence of adrenal insuYciency in children with septic shock, and to evaluate its eVect on catecholamine requirements, duration of intensive care, and mortality. Setting—Sixteen-bed paediatric intensive care unit in a university hospital. Methods—Thirty three children with septic ...
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OBJECTIVE To review diagnostic criteria and treatment of adrenal insufficiency in pediatric patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. SOURCES Articles were selected using MEDLINE (1966-June 2007), Embase (1994-2007) and Cochrane Library (2000-2007) databases. following key words were utilized: septic shock, sepsis, corticosteroids, adrenal insufficiency and children. SUMMARY OF THE FIND...
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether a baseline (random) cortisol concentration <25 microg/dL in patients with septic shock was a better discriminator of adrenal insufficiency than the standard (250 microg) and the low-dose (1 microg) corticotropin stimulation tests as assessed by the hemodynamic response to steroid replacement. SETTING Intensive care unit. PATIENTS Fifty-nine patients with septi...
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INTRODUCTION Adrenal failure (AF) is associated with increased mortality in septic patients. Nonetheless, there is no agreement regarding the best diagnostic criteria for AF. We compared the diagnosis of AF considering different baseline total cortisol cutoff values and Deltamax values after low (1 microg) and high (249 microg) doses of corticotropin, we analyzed the impact of serum albumin on ...
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OBJECTIVE To review the criteria for diagnosing and treating adrenal insufficiency in patients with septic shock. SOURCE OF DATA Articles published in Brazilian and foreign journals selected through these publicationś websites and Medline, as well as references cited in key articles. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS The literature reports a range betwen 17 and 54% for the finding of adrenal insuffic...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Radiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0938-7994,1432-1084
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1804-9