Adrenal insufficiency resident survival guide
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Common Causes
- Primary adrenal insufficiency: Autoimmune adrenalitis
- Central adrenal insufficiency: Chronic glucocorticoid use.
Less common causes:
- Infections:
- Tuberculosis
- Fungal infections(histoplasma)
- Cytomegalovirus
- HIV
- Adrenal hemorrhage
- X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
- Trauma
- Metastasis [1] [2]
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Do's
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Don'ts
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References
- ↑ Feingold KR, Anawalt B, Boyce A, Chrousos G, de Herder WW, Dungan K; et al. (2000). "Endotext". PMID 25905309.
- ↑ Bornstein, Stefan R.; Allolio, Bruno; Arlt, Wiebke; Barthel, Andreas; Don-Wauchope, Andrew; Hammer, Gary D.; Husebye, Eystein S.; Merke, Deborah P.; Murad, M. Hassan; Stratakis, Constantine A.; Torpy, David J. (2016). "Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 101 (2): 364–389. doi:10.1210/jc.2015-1710. ISSN 0021-972X.