Lesson of the week: Symptomatic adrenal insufficiency presenting with hypoglycaemia in children with asthma receiving high dose inhaled fluticasone propionate * Commentary: Exogenous glucocorticoids influence adrenal function, but assessment can be difficult
| Autor: | A Prendiville, R J Howells, Julian P.H. Shield, P S Ward, Elizabeth Crowne, Amanda Drake |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Inhalation business.industry General Engineering nutritional and metabolic diseases General Medicine Hypoglycemia medicine.disease Fluticasone propionate medicine Adrenal insufficiency General Earth and Planetary Sciences Adrenal suppression business General Environmental Science medicine.drug Asthma |
| Zdroj: | BMJ. 324:1081-1083 |
| ISSN: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1081 |
| Popis: | Children taking high dose fluticasone propionate may present with hypoglycaemia secondary to iatrogenic adrenal suppression |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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