Medical Definition of Acute adrenocortical insufficiency

1. Severe adrenocortical insufficiency when an intercurrent illness or trauma causes an increased demand for adrenocortical hormones in a patient with adrenal insufficiency due to disease or use of relatively large amounts of similar hormones as therapy; characterised by nausea, vomiting, hypotension, and frequently hyperthemia, hyponatraemia, hyperkalaemia, and hypoglycaemia; can be fatal if untreated. Synonym: addisonian crisis, adrenal crisis, Bernard-Sergent syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute Adrenocortical Insufficiency

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acute African sleeping sickness
acute abdomen
acute abscess
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acute accents
acute adrenal crisis
acute adrenocortical insufficiency (current term)
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