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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Clostridium beijerinckii
SUBMITTER: Zhen Shi
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12365 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

Guillamondegui Oscar D OD Gunter Oliver L OL Patel Shivani S Fleming Sloan S Cotton Bryan A BA Morris John A JA
The American surgeon 20090401 4
Acute adrenal insufficiency in the trauma patient is underrecognized and the impact poorly understood. Our hypothesis was that the identification and treatment of acute adrenal insufficiency reduces mortality in trauma patients. Institutional Review Board approval for the retrospective review of a prospective database from a Level 1 trauma center for 2002 to 2004 was obtained. The study population included patients receiving a cosyntropin stimulation test (250 microg) and/or random cortisol leve ...[more]