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Anaesthetic management of a patient with adrenocortical tumour
Author(s) -
Vas Lakshmi,
Pangam Shilpa Y.,
Sanzgiri Savita M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00366.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , adrenal cortex , hormone , adrenocortical carcinoma , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , endocrinology
Summary Adrenocortical tumours in children are rare. They produce many changes in haemodynamics and blood chemistry due to hormones of the adrenal cortex. The details of perioperative management and the need for perioperative steroid supplementation are discussed.