"Adrenal Insufficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Conditions in which the production of adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS falls below the requirement of the body. Adrenal insufficiency can be caused by defects in the ADRENAL GLANDS, the PITUITARY GLAND, or the HYPOTHALAMUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000309
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C19.053.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Adrenal Insufficiency- Adrenal Insufficiency
- Adrenal Insufficiencies
- Hypoadrenalism
- Adrenal Gland Hypofunction
- Hypofunction, Adrenal Gland
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adrenal Insufficiency" by people in Profiles.
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Systemic sarcoidosis with hypercalcaemia, hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction and thyroid involvement. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Aug 05; 2016.
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Traumatic panhypopituitarism resulting in acute adrenal crisis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Sep; 79(3):484-9.
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Adrenal insufficiency in cardiothoracic patients: an evaluation of the corticotrophin stimulation test and other diagnostic methods. J Crit Care. 2012 Oct; 27(5):528.e1-6.
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Acute relative adrenal insufficiency after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurgery. 2008 Oct; 63(4):645-9; discussion 649-50.
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Are adrenal injuries predictive of adrenal insufficiency in patients sustaining blunt trauma? Am Surg. 2008 Mar; 74(3):262-6.
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Relative adrenal insufficiency in patients with acute spinal cord injury. Neurocrit Care. 2008; 8(1):53-6.
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The use of prognostic indicators in the development of a statistical model predictive for adrenal insufficiency in trauma patients. Am Surg. 2007 Mar; 73(3):210-4.
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Use of supplemental steroids in patients having orthopaedic operations. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1995 Dec; 77(12):1801-6.