ACUTE ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY AFTER CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING

Authors
SUTHERLAND FWH NAIK SK
Citation
Fwh. Sutherland et Sk. Naik, ACUTE ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY AFTER CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 62(5), 1996, pp. 1516-1517
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
62
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1516 - 1517
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1996)62:5<1516:AAIACB>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report a case of acute adrenal insufficiency after elective coronar y artery bypass grafting. This potentially fatal complication has been reported only once before in the cardiac surgical literature, more th an 15 years ago. Unfortunately, adrenal insufficiency in this setting is easily confused with the clinical picture of septic shock or an acu te abdominal pathology, and it is our belief that this condition could easily escape recognition and thus contribute to needless mortality.