PSUN32 Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI) Among Patients with COVID-19 at a Tertiary Hospital: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes
Abstract:Introduction
A significant number of patients afflicted with COVID-19, a viral illness caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), present with refractory shock, hemodynamic instability, acute respiratory distress syndrome and other severe manifestations of infection, warranting intensive care. Among critically ill patients, there is usually impairment of the hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis, leading to a condition known as critical illness-related co… Show more
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