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Patients are treated with glucocorticoids for a multitude of conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), organ transplantation, autoimmune diseases, and other inflammatory conditions. This chapter addresses supplemental steroid dosing (commonly called “stress-dose steroids”) for patients with tertiary (iatrogenic) adrenal insufficiency as a result of glucocorticoid use. Note that all patients with primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison’s disease) or ACTH deficiency (i.e., pituitary surgery) require stress-dose steroids [1].
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Mitchell, K.J. (2013). Stress-Dose Steroids. In: Wong, C., Hamlin, N. (eds) The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3220-3_22
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