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Insuficiencia suprarrenal aguda - Prevención

Nombres alternativos

Crisis suprarrenal aguda; Crisis suprarrenal; Crisis addisoniana

Prevención:

Si la persona padece la enfermedad de Addison, debe aprender a reconocer los signos de estrés potencial que pueden causar una insuficiencia suprarrenal aguda. A la mayoría de las personas con la enfermedad de Addison se les enseña cómo aplicarse ellas mismas una inyección urgente de hidrocortisona o a aumentar sus dosis de prednisona oral en momentos de estrés.

Es importante portar siempre una tarjeta de identificación médica que diga el tipo de medicamento y la dosis adecuada que se necesita en caso de emergencia.

Nunca se debe pasar por alto el medicamento.

  • Fecha de revisión: 3/18/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Elizabeth H. Holt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yale University. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed byDavid Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

4. Stewart PM. The Adrenal Cortex. In: Kronenberg: Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 14.

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