Yasmin Saied Aly <br/><br/>
Adrenocortical status in infants and children with sepsis and septic shock /  
 حالة هرمونات الغدة الكظرية فى الرضع والأطفال المصابين بتلوث الدم والصدمة المرتبطة بتلوث الدم 
Yasmin Saied Aly ; Supervised Mona Hassan Hafez , Hafez Mahmoud Bazaraa , Hanaa Ibrahim Rady 
 - Cairo :   Yasmin Saied Aly ,   2012 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics 
<br/><br/> Servere sepsis and septic shock remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Paediatric ICU . Whether these patiients would benefit from corticosteroids remains controversial and the presence of adrenocortical insufficiency has been proposed to justify steroid use . In order to study adrenocortical state in infants and children with SIRS and septic shock , cortisol levels were estimated at baseline and after high - dose ACTH stimulation in 30 cases and 30 controls 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Corticosteroids  Pediatric ICU Relative adrenal insufficiency