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Endocrinology of the Stress Response During Critical Illness
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Provide an overview of the stress response. 2. Review changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis during critical illness. 3. Review stress hyperglycemia. 4. Review stress hyperlactemia. 5. Describe the sick euthyroid/low T3 syndrome. 6. Describe changes…