Article Text

Download PDFPDF
Images in Cardiology: Acute adrenal insufficiency complicated by cardiogenic shock
  1. A Mekontso-Dessap,
  2. D Marrache,
  3. A Vieillard-Baron
  1. armand.dessap@creteil.inserm.fr

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Request Permissions

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

A 42 year old woman was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for hypotension and confusion. Her medical history comprised autoimmune thyroiditis and Biermer’s disease. The patient rapidly developed multiorgan failure requiring mechanical ventilation, fluid loading, and noradrenaline (norepinephrine) infusion. All samples for bacteriological culture were negative. Serum cortisol level was 2 nmol/l …

View Full Text