Understanding the HPA response to critical illness: novel insights with clinical implications

Intensive Care Med. 2015 Jan;41(1):131-3. doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3545-8. Epub 2014 Nov 19.

Authors

Eva Boonen¹, Greet Van den Berghe

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Division and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven University, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 25406407
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3545-8

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / metabolism
Animals
Critical Illness*
Humans
Hydrocortisone / metabolism*
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiology*
Pituitary-Adrenal System / physiology*
Signal Transduction

Substances

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Hydrocortisone