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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Adrenocortical Insufficiency, Acute (Adrenal Crisis)
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Treatment, Medications, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Follow-Up, Complications, Prognosis, References,
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Topics Discussed: adrenal insufficiency, acute.
Excerpt: | |  Weakness, abdominal pain, fever, confusion, vomiting
Low blood pressure, dehydration Skin pigmentation may be increased Serum potassium high, sodium low, blood urea nitrogen high Cosyntropin (ACTH 1–24) unable to stimulate an increase in serum cortisol to > 20 mcg/dL
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