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!Disease
!Disease
! colspan="6" |Clinical history/findings
! colspan="7" |Clinical history/findings
! rowspan="2" |Causes
! rowspan="2" |Causes
! colspan="2" |Investigations/
! colspan="3" |Investigations/
Laboratory findings
Laboratory findings
!Medical management  
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!Hypoglycemia
!Hypoglycemia
!Anorexia
!Anorexia
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!Abdominal pain
!Other
!Muscle weakness
!Other history/
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findings
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!Hyponatremia
!Cortisol levels
!Gold Standard
!Gold Standard
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! colspan="12" |Differentiating Primary from Secondary adrenal insufficiency
! colspan="14" |<big>Differentiating Primary from Secondary adrenal insufficiency</big>
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'''insufficiency'''
'''insufficiency'''
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*Autoimmune/idiopathic
*Autoimmune/idiopathic
*Infections- Tuberculosis, histoplasmosis
*Infections- Tuberculosis, histoplasmosis
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ACTH stimulation test
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* [[Hypopituitarism]]- Tumors, infections. hemorrhage/trauma
* [[Hypopituitarism]]- Tumors, infections. hemorrhage/trauma
* Drugs- Chronic steroid therapy and its withdrawal, Opiates
* Drugs- Chronic [[steroid]] therapy and its withdrawal, Opiates
* Genetic- Combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD), POMC (Proopiomelanocortin) genedeficiencyy  
* [[Genetics|Genetic]]- Combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD), POMC (Proopiomelanocortin) gene deficiency  
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! colspan="12" |'''Differentiating Adrenal Insufficiency from other diseases'''
! colspan="14" |'''<big>Differentiating Adrenal Insufficiency from other diseases</big>'''
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Revision as of 19:37, 25 September 2017


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amandeep Singh M.D.[2]

Adrenal Insufficiency

Disease Clinical history/findings Causes Investigations/

Laboratory findings

Medical management Surgical management
Hypotension Skin

pigmentation/

findings

Hypoglycemia Anorexia Abdominal pain Muscle weakness Other history/

findings

Hyponatremia Cortisol levels Gold Standard
Differentiating Primary from Secondary adrenal insufficiency
Primary adrenal

insufficiency

  • Autoimmune/idiopathic
  • Infections- Tuberculosis, histoplasmosis
Cosyntropin/

ACTH stimulation test

Secondary adrenal

insufficiency

-
  • Hypopituitarism- Tumors, infections. hemorrhage/trauma
  • Drugs- Chronic steroid therapy and its withdrawal, Opiates
  • Genetic- Combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD), POMC (Proopiomelanocortin) gene deficiency
Differentiating Adrenal Insufficiency from other diseases