hypocortisolism


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hypocortisolism

(1) Acute adrenal insufficiency, see there.
(2) Chronic adrenal insufficiency, see there.
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The hormonal deficiencies were analyzed at the moment of the diagnosis and in the last check-up, and this analysis found the following proportions: for hypothyroidism, 86.7% versus 92% (p = 0.001); for hypocortisolism, 62% versus 78% (p = 0.001); for hypogonadism, 67% versus 76% (p = 0.001); for hyposomatotropism, 89% versus 94% (p = 0.002); and for panhypopituitarism, 67.8% versus 78% (p = 0.001) (Table 1).
Cardiovascular Risk and Metabolic Syndrome Characteristics in Patients with Nonfunctional Pituitary Macroadenoma
Rejection sensitivity relates to hypocortisolism and depressed mood state in young women.
Psychological and biological validation of a novel digital social peer evaluation experiment (digi-SPEE)
While urinary cortisol excretion has been shown to be helpful in the diagnostic approach to hypercortisolism, significant interindividual variations in both primary and secondary AI do not favour this method in hypocortisolism [21].
Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Adrenal Insufficiency: A Short Review
Hypercortisolism and and hypocortisolism are considered rare diseases, but their incidence seems to be highly underestimated because their onset is often insidious with nonspecific signs and symptoms, and the biochemical picture remains murky.
Cortisol Excess and Insufficiency
The circadian cortisol rhythm in FMS seems to be intact, but patients may suffer from hypocortisolism, which could in turn have consequences regarding the diurnal rhythm of glucocorticoid sensitivity.
Stress exacerbates pain in the everyday lives of women with fibromyalgia syndrome the role of cortisol and alpha-amylase
By contrast, hypocortisolism has also been identified in groups that are exposed to chronic stress, including children raised in Romanian orphanages (Gunnar & Vazquez, 2001) and other chronically stressful environments, such as being an ethnic minority (DeSantis et al., 2007).
Feasibility of a research protocol to investigate the effect of the TherapressureTM program using salivary cortisol
Patients with untreated hypothyroidism and hypocortisolism were also excluded.
Correlations between forced oscillation technique parameters and pulmonary densitovolumetry values in patients with acromegaly
Also, in one study, it was found that persistent hypocortisolism necessitating replacement therapy was associated with worse cognitive function [19].
Mental fatigue and executive dysfunction in patients with Cushing's syndrome in remission
Moreover, in the review by Kakiashvili et al., only studies showing an association between hypocortisolism and burnout were referred to, although there is a vast amount of literature showing the opposite or no association at all [e.g., 7,18,21,26,27].
NO ALTERATIONS IN DIURNAL CORTISOL PROFILES BEFORE AND DURING THE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH STRESS-RELATED EXHAUSTION
Hypocortisolemia in FM may be owing to a primary insufficiency of the adrenal gland or to centrally driven hypocortisolism (44).
Post-traumatic stress disorder, alexithymia and somatoform dissociation in patients with fibromyalgia/Fibromiyalji hastalarinda travma sonrasi stres bozuklugu, aleksitimi ve somotoform dissosiyasyon
(4) In addition to well-known somatic complications including avascular necrosis (5) and hypocortisolism, (6) psychiatric morbidities occurred in a substantial proportion of SARS survivors.
Outcomes of SARS survivors in China: not only physical and psychiatric co-morbidities
The low cortisol and high ACTH levels reflect a state of primary adrenal hypocortisolism; however, adrenal insufficiency was not manifesting itself as a classical Addison's disease as the raised corticosterone production has weaker glucocorticoid effect.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 17-alpha-hydoxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency presenting with hypertension and pseudohermaphroditism: first case report from Oman

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