Supplemental Glucocorticoids and Anesthesia for Non-Invasive Indications in Children with Central Adrenal Insufficiency: A Retrospective Study.

Adrenal insufficiency is characterized by the deficiency of circulating adrenocortical hormones and can be primary or central. Primary adrenal insufficiency is due to disease of the adrenal cortex, central adrenal insufficiency to a deficit in hypothalamic/pituitary secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone. Patients with adrenal insufficiency require basal steroid replacement and need supplemental glucocorticoids (GC) during periods of medical stress. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.