Adrenal insufficiency in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
Newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia frequently have catecholamine-unresponsive systemic hypotension and respiratory failure. We found that adrenal insufficiency frequently complicates the clinical course of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and was associated with increased severity of illness.
Kamath
Beena D
BD
University of Colorado School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA. Beena.Kamath@cchmc.org
Fashaw
Lucy
L
Kinsella
John P
JP
D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007231:Infant, Newborn
D015415:Biomarkers; D006854:Hydrocortisone