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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
Gastrointestinal presentation of relative adrenal insufficiency in a sick preterm neonate
Pascal M Lavoie1, Gustavo Pelligra, Brian Lupton
1Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Abstract:
We report a sick preterm neonate with a dramatic ileus presentation mimicking necrotizing enterocolitis that promptly reversed upon hydrocortisone supplementation. Because our case illustrates a previously unsuspected clinical visage of inadequate adrenal responses in sick preterm neonates, it also emphasizes the need for improved diagnostic algorithms to identify neonates who could potentially benefit from treatment while avoiding the morbid consequences of unwarranted corticosteroids use in this population.
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