A Questionnaire Based Study on the Knowledge and Practice of Stress Steroid Dosing Protocol among Patients with Adrenal Insufficiency at a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

A Questionnaire Based Study on the Knowledge and Practice of Stress Steroid Dosing Protocol among Patients with Adrenal Insufficiency at a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Introduction: Acute adrenal insufficiency or adrenal crisis (AC) has a mortality rate of 0.5 / 100 patient-years and is a major cause of death in patients with adrenal insufficiency (AI). Non-compliance to steroids and inadequate stress dosing of glucocorticoids can precipitate AC in subjects with A...

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Main Authors: Sonali Appaiah, Aishhwarrya U. Gurugunti, Deepa Kulkarni, Ganapathi Bantwal, Vageesh Ayyar, Belinda George, Vishwanath Shivanappanavar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-03-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
adrenal crisis
adrenal insufficiency
cortisol replacement therapy
knowledge and practice
patient education
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijem.ijem_326_24
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