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Relative Adrenal Insufficiency Syndrome

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Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2002

Part of the book series: Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2002 ((YEARBOOK,volume 2002))

Abstract

Several recent studies have given rise to optimism concerning steroid treatment in septic shock. ‘Physiological’ doses of steroids have been shown to reduce time to shock reversal and may even be able to decrease mortality [1–3]. Assuming that forthcoming studies will confirm these results, steroid treatment will go through a revival [4]. The term: ‘relative adrenal insufficiency syndrome’ has already become established and — as mortality from severe sepsis is still more than 40% despite advances in critical care — expectations for therapeutic consequences are high.

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  1. Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent (Head, Department of Intensive Care) (Head, Department of Intensive Care)

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Ligtenberg, J.J.M., Zijlstra, J.G. (2002). Relative Adrenal Insufficiency Syndrome. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2002. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2002, vol 2002. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56011-8_45

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