Endocrine Abstracts

Adrenal crisis is a life-threatening complication in patients with adrenal insufficiency. In order to prevent critical situations, patients are supposed to increase their glucocorticoid dose in distressing situations. If dose adjustment is not sufficient, sooner or later patients will fall into a coma, followed by death. While health condition worsens patients usually call paramedics, followed by a decision for primary therapy and transportation to the nearest hospital. We ass...

Adrenal crisis is a life-threatening complication in patients with adrenal insufficiency. In order to prevent critical situations, patients have to increase their glucocorticoid dose in distressing situations. Continuous education of patients concerning dosage adaption in challenging situations seems to be important for long term management. As previously shown, both acute illness and emotional stress may lead to critical situations. In every outpatient visit patients should b...