ea0003p100 | Diabetes & Metabolism | BES2002
Jaiswal V
, Baudouin S
, Ball S
A gender-related bias in survival rates has been demonstrated in rodent models of critical illness. Sex steroids have differential effects on metabolic, immune and cardiovascular end points which may underlie these observations. The hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis response to critical illness in humans is poorly characterised. We have conducted a prospective study to characterise this response in the context of heterogeneous disease severity and disturbances in overal...