DOI: 10.12890/2014_000098

Non-acute Transient Reversible Adrenal Insufficiency in a Survivor of Critical Illness: A Lesser-known Cause of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency

Authors

  • Senthil Chandrasekeram Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes King’s Mill Hospital, Sherwood Forest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton- in – Ashfield
  • Rebecca Parker Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes King’s Mill Hospital, Sherwood Forest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton- in – Ashfield
  • Emily Mudenha Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes King’s Mill Hospital, Sherwood Forest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton- in – Ashfield
  • Devaka J Fernando Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University

devaka.fernando@sfh-tr.nhs.uk

Abstract

Objectives: Primary adrenal insufficiency AI is regarded as a progressive disease needing lifelong replacement therapy, but this may not always be the case.
Material and methods: A non-acute presentation of AI following a hypotensive episode caused by blood loss was investigated.
Results: Adrenal function fully recovered without treatment.
Conclusions: There should be a high index of suspicion and a low threshold for performing tests of adrenal function in survivors of critical illness and severe hypotensive episodes.

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Published

2014-07-28

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014)

How to Cite

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Chandrasekeram S, Parker R, Mudenha E, Fernando DJ. Non-acute Transient Reversible Adrenal Insufficiency in a Survivor of Critical Illness: A Lesser-known Cause of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2014 Jul. 28 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];1(1). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/98

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