Existing guidelines
Adrenal Insufficiency
Read guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Stefan R. Bornstein, Bruno Allolio, Wiebke Arlt, Andreas Barthel, Andrew Don-Wauchope, Gary D. Hammer… David J. Torpy (1 February, 2016)
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 101, Issue 2, Pages 364–389
ANESTHESIA
Addison’s crisis
ADRENALNET (2019)
Read guidelines on taking hydrocortisone to prevent an Addison’s crisis
Emergency regimen – Prevention of adrenal crisis in children
Alternative options for ADULTS if needed:
- Guidelines on taking cortisone acetate to prevent an Addison’s crisis
- Guidelines on taking prednis(ol)one to prevent an Addison’s crisis
In case no other glucocorticoid is available dexamethasone can be used but is not recommended as the first choice treatment.
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Speiser PW, Arlt W, Auchus RJ, Baskin LS, Conway GS, Merke DP… White PC. (November 2018)
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism , Volume 103, Issue 11, Pages 4043–4088
Cushing’s Syndrome
Lynnette K. Nieman, Beverly M. K. Biller, James W. Findling, John Newell-Price, Martin O. Savage, Paul M. Stewart, & Victor M. Montori (1 May, 2008)
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 93, Issue 5, Pages 1526–1540
Lynnette K. Nieman, Beverly M. K. Biller, James W. Findling, M. Hassan Murad, John Newell-Price, Martin O. Savage & Antoine Tabarin (1 August, 2015)
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 100, Issue 8, Pages 2807–2831
Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
Jacques W. M. Lenders, Quan-Yang Duh, Graeme Eisenhofer, Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo, Stefan K. G. Grebe, Mohammad Hassan Murad… William F. Young (1 June, 2014)
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 99, Issue 6, Pages 1915–1942
Primary Aldosteronism
John W. Funder, Robert M. Carey, Franco Mantero, M. Hassan Murad, Martin Reincke… William F. Young ( 1 May, 2016)
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 101, Issue 5, Pages 1889–1916,
Quality of Care Standard for Adrenal Disorders
ADRENALNET (May 2018).
Translated into English in cooperation with Endo-ERN.
Consensus statements
Adrenal Insufficiency
- Read consensus statement on the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with primary adrenal insufficiency E. S. Husebye, B. Allolio, W. Arlt, K. Badenhoop, S. Bensing, C. Betterle… S. H. Pearce (2013)
Journal of internal medicine, doi: 10.1111/joim.12162