Dissociation of ACTH and cortisol in septic and non-septic ICU patients

Endocrine. 2017 Jan;55(1):307-310. doi: 10.1007/s12020-016-1034-2. Epub 2016 Jul 18.

Hershel Raff^{1

2}, Nebiyu Biru³, Neil Reisinger³, David J Kramer^{4

5}

¹ Endocrine Research Laboratory, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Aurora Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 53215, USA. [email protected].
² Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA. [email protected].
³ Internal Medicine, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 53215, USA.
⁴ Aurora Critical Care Service, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 53215, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.

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Keywords: Adrenocorticotropin; Cortisol; Critical illness; Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.

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