[Acute adrenal cortex insufficiency as cause of shock and sudden death in unexpected immersion, severe phenomenon of endocrine system nonadaptability to the stress of trauma and cold].
D000302:Adrenal Cortex; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003645:Death, Sudden; D004332:Drowning; D006801:Humans; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology*
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
ACTH/therapeutic use; ADRENAL CORTEX; COLD/injurious effects; DROWNING; SHOCK/etiology and pathogenesis
L'insufficienza cortico-surrenale acuta come causa di shock e di morte rapida nelle immersioni improvvise, quale grave fenomeno di disadattamento delle strutture endocrine allo stress trauma-freddo.