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Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in critically ill patients (Part I): Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 2017

Annane, D; Pastores, S. M; Rochwerg, B; Arlt, W; Balk, R. A; Beishuizen, A; Briegel, J; Carcillo, J; Christ-Crain, M; Cooper, M. S; Marik, P. E; Umberto Meduri, G; Olsen, K. M; Rodgers, S; Russell, J. A; Van den Berghe, G.

Intensive care med; 43 (12), 2017

OBJECTIVE: To update the 2008 consensus statements for the diagnosis and management of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) in adult and pediatric patients. PARTICIPANTS: A multispecialty task force of 16 international experts in Critical Care Medicine, endocrinology, and guideli...

Adrenal Cortex Hormones/administration & dosage, Sepsis/drug therapy, Shock, Septic/drug therapy, Respiratory Distress Syndrome/drug therapy, Methylprednisolone/therapeutic use, Critical Illness, Adrenal Insufficiency/drug therapy, Hydrocortisone/administration & dosage, Methylprednisolone/administration & dosage, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/drug therapy

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Management of adrenal incidentalomas: European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors

By definition, an adrenal incidentaloma is an asymptomatic adrenal mass detected on imaging not performed for suspected adrenal disease. In most cases, adrenal incidentalomas are nonfunctioning adrenocortical adenomas, but may also represent conditions requiring therapeutic intervention (e.g. adrenocorti...