Critical illness causes the body to initiate a stress response, which activates the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis to increase the availability of the stress hormone cortisol.
Critical illness causes the body to initiate a stress response, which activates the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis to increase the availability of the stress hormone cortisol. In a new Comprehensive Physiology article, experts give an overview of the adrenocortical stress response, with a point-by-point discussion on the causes and consequences observed during critical illness.
They also discuss potential failure or dysfunction of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and current diagnostic and therapeutic options.
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Link to Study: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cphy.c170022/full
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