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Adrenal Insufficiency in Pediatric Critical Illness

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The hormonal response to nonendocrine illness has a crucial importance in pediatric critical illness. Prompt recognition of hormonal deficiency or excess as a cause of critical illness leads to specify therapy for what often appears to be a nonspecific clinical syndrome. In recent years, we have become more aware of the physiological, possibly adaptive, alterations in endocrine function that occur in response to critical illness. The pediatric intensivist needs to interpret the hormonal studies properly and to treat the childhood endocrine disorders and the life-threatening complications that can occur in the course of a pediatric critical illness.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care Section, Catania University Hospital, Catania, Italy

    Giuliana Rizzo

  2. Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Kusum Menon

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care Section, Catania University Hospital, Catania, Italy

    Marinella Astuto MD

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Rizzo, G., Menon, K. (2009). Adrenal Insufficiency in Pediatric Critical Illness. In: Astuto, M. (eds) Basics. Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0655-3_12

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