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ea0041ep948 | Pituitary - Clinical | ECE2016

Frequency and predictive factors of acute adrenal insufficiency following brain injury

Meriem Bensalah , Lyes Cherfi , Aissa Abdennebi , Mustapha Guenane , Zahra Kemali , Samia Ould Kablia

Background: Biological diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency (AI) is very difficult in the setting of critical illness like in traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the cut off defining AI need more precision.Aim: The aim is to assess the frequency and predictive factors of AI in a simple of 277 victims of moderate to severe BI in two neighborsÂ’ hospitals in the east of Algiers.Method: Between November 2009 and December 2013, 277 pat...