| Literature DB >> 34928398 |
Jimmy Masjkur1,2, Andreas Barthel3,4, Waldemar Kanczkowski3, Gregor Müller3, Stefan R Bornstein3.
Abstract
Diseases of the adrenal cortex require particular attention during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. Firstly, SARS-CoV‑2 infections can give rise to extrapulmonary manifestations and cause endocrine disorders, particularly in the adrenal cortex. Furthermore, patients with pre-existing insufficiency of the adrenal cortex or hypercortisonism are particularly at risk from a severe infection such as SARS-CoV‑2, to suffer from additional complications or a more severe course of a SARS-CoV‑2 infection with a higher mortality. Especially in hemodynamically unstable patients with a SARS-CoV‑2 infection, diseases of the adrenal glands should also be considered in the differential diagnostics and if necessary clarified, if this is not already known. Prolonged treatment of patients with a SARS-CoV‑2 infection with regimens containing high doses of glucocorticoids can also result in a secondary adrenal insufficiency. In order to address these special aspects, some practical recommendations for the diagnostic and therapeutic management of functional disorders of the adrenal glands in patients with a SARS-CoV‑2 infection are therefore presented.Entities:
Keywords: Addison disease; Adrenal cortex insufficiency, secondary; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Cushing syndrome; Glucocorticoids
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34928398 PMCID: PMC8686096 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-021-01236-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Internist (Berl) ISSN: 0020-9554 Impact factor: 0.743


