Title of article
STEROIDS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Author/Authors
Abd Al-Ghany, Ibrahim Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain management, Egypt , El-Shaer, Ahmed N. Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain management, Egypt , Abd-Allah, Walid Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain management, Egypt , Elreedy, Mohamed Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain management, Egypt
Abstract
Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex. Corticosteroids are involved in a wide range of physiologic systems such as stress response, immune response and regulation of inflammation, carbohydrate metabolism, protein catabohsm, blood electrolyte levels, and behavior.
Journal title
Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology(ASJA)
Journal title
Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology(ASJA)
Record number
2538069
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