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dc.contributor.authorMoloney, Sinéad
dc.contributor.authorDowling, Maura
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-07T16:16:01Z
dc.date.available2013-01-07T16:16:01Z
dc.date.issued2012-09
dc.identifier.citationEarly intervention and management of adrenal insufficiency in children. 2012, 24 (7):25-8 Nurs Child Young Peopleen_GB
dc.identifier.issn2046-2336
dc.identifier.pmid23155938
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/264363
dc.description.abstractThe endocrine disorder adrenal insufficiency includes inadequate production of the steroid hormone cortisol. This results in poor physiological responses to illness, trauma or other stressors and risk of adrenal crisis. Management is based on administration of hydrocortisone. It is important to avoid under- or over-treatment and increase the dosage during times of physiological stress. To reduce morbidity, hospital admissions and mortality, the education and empowerment of parents and carers, and prompt intervention when necessary are essential. A steroid therapy card for adrenal insufficiency containing personal information on a patient's condition was developed for use by families and their specialist centres.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to Nursing children and young peopleen_GB
dc.subject.meshAdrenal Insufficiency
dc.subject.meshChild
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshHydrocortisone
dc.subject.meshParents
dc.subject.meshPatient Admission
dc.subject.meshPatient Discharge
dc.subject.meshPower (Psychology)
dc.titleEarly intervention and management of adrenal insufficiency in children.en_GB
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentChildren's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. sinead.moloney@cuh.ieen_GB
dc.identifier.journalNursing children and young peopleen_GB
dc.description.provinceLeinsteren
html.description.abstractThe endocrine disorder adrenal insufficiency includes inadequate production of the steroid hormone cortisol. This results in poor physiological responses to illness, trauma or other stressors and risk of adrenal crisis. Management is based on administration of hydrocortisone. It is important to avoid under- or over-treatment and increase the dosage during times of physiological stress. To reduce morbidity, hospital admissions and mortality, the education and empowerment of parents and carers, and prompt intervention when necessary are essential. A steroid therapy card for adrenal insufficiency containing personal information on a patient's condition was developed for use by families and their specialist centres.


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