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

• • Read guidelines on management of glucocorticoids during the peri-operative period for patients with adrenal insufficiency

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.

• Guidelines on taking dexamethasone to prevent an Addison’s crisis

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

• • Read guideline on Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to Steroid 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency

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

• • Read guideline on the Diagnosis of 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

• • Read guideline on Treatment of Cushing’s Syndrome

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

• • Read guideline on 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

• • Read guideline on the Management of Primary Aldosteronism: Case Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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

• • Read Quality of Care Standard for Adrenal Disorders (, 71 KB)

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

Covid

• MTG1 Covid vaccination recommendation