Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To investigate if the event of late-onset circulatory collapse (LCC) implicated in dysfunction of adrenal steroidgenesis due to impairment of adrenal remodeling in preterm infants.Methods: Eleven in the patient group (case) with clinical signs compatible with LCC diagnosis (hypotension, oliguria, and hyponatremia) and 11 in the control group (control) matched them for gestational age without such signs. Steroids in serum were separated and pur...