Impact of severity of illness on the function of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in postmenopausal women with acute severe illness: Implications for predicting disease outcome

Background: While elevated levels of estradiol were predictive of mortality in critically ill surgical and trauma patients, their ability to predict outcome in nonsurgical patients has not been studied. We aimed to study the determinants of gonadotropin levels in acutely ill postmenopausal women wit...

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Hauptverfasser:	Suresh Vaikkakara, Marella Neelima Raj, Alok Sachan, Alladi Mohan, Bhuma Vengamma, P. V. L. N. Srinivas Rao, Arun Mukka, Chiruvella Sravani, Amaresh P Reddy
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Schriftenreihe:	Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Schlagworte:	Critical illness estradiol follicle-stimulating hormone luteinizing hormone postmenopause prolactin receiver operating characteristic curve
Online-Zugang:	http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2017;volume=21;issue=5;spage=738;epage=744;aulast=Vaikkakara
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