acute adrenal insufficiency
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Acute liver failure — is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs of liver disease (such as jaundice), and indicates that the liver has sustained severe damage (loss of function of 80 90% of liver cells). The complications are hepatic… … Wikipedia
insufficiency — Lack of completeness of function or power. SEE ALSO: incompetence. [L. in , neg. + sufficientia, fr. sufficio to suffice] accommodative i. a lack of appropriate accommodation for near focus. acute adrenocortical i. severe adrenocortical i. when… … Medical dictionary
Critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency — (CIRCI) is a form of adrenal insufficiency in critically ill patients who have blood corticosteroid levels which are inadequate for the severe stress response they experience. Combined with decreased glucocorticoid receptor sensitivity and tissue … Wikipedia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency — Classification and external resources Deficient 21 Hydroxylase can lead to accumulation of 17 Hydroxyprogesterone ICD … Wikipedia
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 17 alpha-hydroxylase deficiency — Classification and external resources OMIM 202110 DiseasesDB 1841 … Wikipedia
Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia — is an uncommon form of CAH resulting from defects in the earliest stages of adrenal cortisol synthesis: the transport of cholesterol into the mitochondria of the cells of the adrenal cortex and the conversion to pregnenolone. Lipoid CAH causes… … Wikipedia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia — CAH redirects here. For other meanings of CAH see CAH (disambiguation) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Classification and external resources ICD 10 E25.0 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency — Classification and external resources Cortisol ICD 10 E … Wikipedia
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis — The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA or HTPA axis), also known as the limbic hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (LHPA axis), is a complex set of direct influences and feedback interactions among the hypothalamus (a hollow, funnel shaped… … Wikipedia
adrenocortical insufficiency — abnormally diminished secretion of corticosteroids by the adrenal cortex. Acute adrenocortical i. is another name for addisonian crisis and primary or chronic adrenocortical i. is another name for Addison disease. Secondary adrenocortical (or… … Medical dictionary
