LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Oral corticosteroids for asthma exacerbations might be associated with adrenal suppression: Are physicians aware of that?

Barra, Cristina B; Fontes, Maria Jussara F; Cintra, Marco Túlio G; Cruz, Renata C; Rocha, Janaína A. G; Guimarães, Maíla Cristina C; Silva, Ivani Novato.

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992, Impr.); 63 (10), 2017

Summary Introduction: Oral corticosteroids (OCS) are a mainstay of treatment for asthma exacerbations, and short-term OCS courses were generally considered to be safe. Nevertheless, frequent short-term OCS courses could lead to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction. Our study aimed at in...

Administración por Inhalación, Administración Oral, Corticoesteroides/administración & dosificación, Corticoesteroides/efectos adversos, Insuficiencia Suprarrenal/inducido químicamente, Insuficiencia Suprarrenal/fisiopatología, Asma/tratamiento farmacológico, Asma/fisiopatología, Progresión de la Enfermedad, Hidrocortisona/sangre, Sistema Hipotálamo-Hipofisario/efectos de los fármacos, Sistema Hipotálamo-Hipofisario/fisiopatología, Mediciones Luminiscentes, Sistema Hipófiso-Suprarrenal/efectos de los fármacos, Sistema Hipófiso-Suprarrenal/fisiopatología, Estudios Prospectivos, Valores de Referencia, Factores de Riesgo, Estadísticas no Paramétricas, Factores de Tiempo

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Para entender la acción de cortisol en inflamación aguda: una mirada desde la glándula suprarrenal hasta la célula blanco

Guerrero, Julia.

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (2), 2017

Glucocorticoids (cortisol in humans) are essential for numerous biological functions. Among critically ill patients, therapy with cortisol has gained strength in recent years, but clinical results have been mixed. A series of events, that may explain the diversity of clinical responses, occur from the sy...

Insuficiencia Suprarrenal/fisiopatología, Hidrocortisona/fisiología, Sistema Hipotálamo-Hipofisario/fisiopatología, Inflamación/fisiopatología, Sistema Hipófiso-Suprarrenal/fisiopatología

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Imbalance in the diurnal salivary testosterone/cortisol ratio in men with severe obstructive sleep apnea: an observational study

Ghiciuc, Cristina Mihaela; Dima-Cozma, Lucia Corina; Bercea, Raluca Mihaela; Lupusoru, Catalina Elena; Mihaescu, Traian; Cozma, Sebastian; Patacchioli, Francesca Romana.

Braz. j. otorhinolaryngol. (Impr.); 82 (5), 2016

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The complex relationship between sleep disorders and hormones could lead to alterations in the production of cortisol and testosterone in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the diurnal trajectories of salivary free-testos...

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Hair cortisol in drug-naïve first-episode individuals with psychosis

Andrade, Elvis H; Rizzo, Lucas B; Noto, Cristiano; Ota, Vanessa K; Gadelha, Ary; Daruy-Filho, Ledo; Tasso, Brazílio de C; Mansur, Rodrigo B; Cordeiro, Quirino; Belangero, Síntia I; Bressan, Rodrigo A; Grassi-Oliveira, Rodrigo; Brietzke, Elisa.

Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.); 38 (1), 2016

Objectives: To compare hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) in drug-naïve first-episode psychosis (FEP) patients and healthy controls and to investigate the correlations between HCC and psychopathology. Methods: Twenty-four drug-naïve FEP patients and 27 gender- and age-matched healthy control subjects w...

Estudios Transversales, Cabello/metabolismo, Hidrocortisona/metabolismo, Sistema Hipotálamo-Hipofisario/fisiopatología, Sistema Hipófiso-Suprarrenal/fisiopatología, Trastornos Psicóticos/metabolismo, Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad, Factores de Tiempo

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Estímulo do eixo hipófise-adrenocortical com o hormônio liberador de corticotrofina (CRH) na síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida: evidência de ativaçäo do sistema imune-neuroendócrino
Stimulus of hypophyseal-adrenocortical axis with the corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: evidence for activation of the immune-neuroendocrine system

Lewi, D. S; Kater, C. E; Moreira, A. C.

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992, Impr.); 41 (2), 1995

Portadores de AIDS podem apresentar alteraçöes primárias e/ou secundárias do eixo hipotálamo-hipofisário-adrenocortical (EHHA), com manifestaçöes clínicas que väo de crises addisonianas a quadros de hipercortisolismo. Objeto. Avaliar o EHHA de 20 pacientes de AIDS e 17 controles normais, median...

Sistema Hipófiso-Suprarrenal/fisiopatología, Hidrocortisona/22072, Hormona Adrenocorticotrópica/22072, Hidrocortisona/sangre, Hormona Adrenocorticotrópica/sangre, Cosintropina/22072