TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moamen Yehia Mohammed
AU  - Ahmed Elsherif , 
AU  - Khaled Hussein , 
AU  - Randa Ali Soliman , 
TI  - Prevalence of occult adrenal insufficiency and the prognostic value of a short corticotrophin stimulation test in patients with septic shock and correlation with its severity / 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Moamen Yehia Mohammed , 
KW  - Adrenal insufficiency
KW  - Cortisol
KW  - Mortality
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Crirical Care Medicine; Issued also as CD
N2  - Corticosteroid insufficiency in acute illness can be difficult to discern clinically. Occult adrenal insufficiency (i.e., Amax {u2264}9 æg/dL) after corticotropin may be associated with a high mortality rate. To undertake a prospective study to assess the factors associated with mortality, with special interest in cortisol levels and its response to corticotropin in patients with septic shock
ER  -