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Endocrine issues in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Clark L, Preissig C, Rigby MR, Bowyer F

Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA. clark.lowell@mccg.org

This article reviews selected issues of endocrine concerns in the pediatric intensive care unit, exclusive of diabetic ketoacidosis. The sympathoadrenergic arm of the neuroendocrine stress response is described, followed by discussions of two topics of particular current concern: critical illness hyperglycemia and relative adrenal insufficiency. A selected set of common scenarios encountered in the daily practice of intensive care follows.

Published 26 May 2008 in Pediatr Clin North Am, 55(3): 805-33, xiii.
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