Adrenal reserve following treatment of Graves' orbitopathy with intravenous glucocorticoids

Thyroid. 2015 Apr;25(4):462-3. doi: 10.1089/thy.2014.0533. Epub 2015 Feb 12.

Authors

Zoe Giotaki¹, Athanasios Fountas, Theodora Tsirouki, Alexandra Bargiota, Stelios Tigas, Agathocles Tsatsoulis

Affiliation

¹ 1 Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital of Ioannina , Ioannina, Greece .

PMID: 25602127
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2014.0533

No abstract available

Publication types

Lecture

MeSH terms

Administration, Intravenous
Adrenal Cortex / drug effects*
Adrenal Cortex / metabolism
Adrenal Cortex Function Tests
Adrenal Insufficiency / blood
Adrenal Insufficiency / chemically induced
Aged
Biomarkers / blood
Female
Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage*
Glucocorticoids / adverse effects
Graves Ophthalmopathy / blood
Graves Ophthalmopathy / diagnosis
Graves Ophthalmopathy / drug therapy*
Humans
Hydrocortisone / blood*
Male
Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage*
Methylprednisolone / adverse effects
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Pulse Therapy, Drug
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Biomarkers
Glucocorticoids
Hydrocortisone
Methylprednisolone