Adrenal insufficiency in decompensated cirrhotic patients without infection: prevalence, predictors and impact on mortality
Background Relative adrenal insufficiency (RAI) is common in compensated and decompensated chronic liver disease in the presence of sepsis. This study was performed to find out the prevalence of RAI in decompensated cirrhotic patients presenting with hepatic encephalopathy and variceal bleeding with...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
2019-12-01
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Series: | The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
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Online Access: | http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/journal/adrenal-insufficiency-decompensated-cirrhotic-patients-without-infection-prevalence |