Changes in the stress hormone cortisol during intensive care unit stay as a predictor of objective cognition at
Guillem Navarra-Ventura1, Marta Godoy-González2, Lluís Blanch3
1Department of Medicine, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Mallorca, Spain; Research Institute of Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Mallorca, Spain; Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Son Espases University Hospital, Palma, Mallorca, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Medicina Intensiva
|February 19, 2025
Abstract
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