Association of adrenal insufficiency with patient-oriented health-care outcomes in adult medical inpatients.

CONCLUSIONS While no difference in in-hospital mortality was found, adrenal insufficiency was associated with prolonged length of hospital stay, and substantially higher rates of ICU admission and hospital readmission.
PMID: 31581127 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: European Journal of Endocrinology - September 30, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Ebrahimi F, Widmer A, Wagner U, Mueller B, Schuetz P, Christ-Crain M, Kutz A Tags: Eur J Endocrinol Source Type: research