Acute Adrenal Insufficiency Mimicking Septic Shock: A Case Report
- 2 January 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
- Vol. 8 (1) , 69-71
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1875-9114.1988.tb04067.x
Abstract
Acute adrenal insufficiency is an unusual problem that may mimic overwhelming sepsis. Elevated cardiac output and low systemic vascular resistance in a patient with known risk factors should alert clinicians to the possibility of that condition.Keywords
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