Diagnosing and treating cortisol insufficiency in ICU

• Main Author: Mat Nor, Mohd Basri
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/34702/1/ASMIC2013_basri_abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/34702/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Critical illness elicits a major stress response that activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The diurnal variation is often lost. The criteria for determining which patients have an adequate response to severe stress and which have an inadequate response are arbitrary and controv...