HYPOPITUITARISM AND ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 90 (2) , 211-216
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0900211
Abstract
Anterior pituitary gland function was assessed in 50 patients maintained for more than 48 h on a mechanical ventilator. Partial hypopituitarism occurred in 7 patients which did not appear to affect survival and proved transient when subsequently re-assessed. These results indicate that the pituitary infarcts previously reported in such patients are not clinically important.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Suprahypophyseal Hypogonadism and Hypothyroidism During Prolonged Coma After Head TraumaJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1977