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  2. Critical illness–related corticosteroid insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    The Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines advocate intravenous hydrocortisone only in adults with septic shock and refractory hypotension. [4] The exact definition of this condition, the best ways to test for corticoid insufficiency in critically ill patients, and the therapeutic use of (usually low doses) of corticosteroids remains a subject of ...

  3. Adrenal crisis - Wikipedia

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    Providing intramuscular hydrocortisone at home and using sick day rules [2] Treatment: Steroid replacement, fluid resuscitation [3] Medication: Hydrocortisone: Prognosis: 6% mortality rate [4] Frequency: 6–8% of those with adrenal insufficiency annually

  4. Sick leave in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Healthy Families Act (HR 2460 / S 1152) would establish a basic workplace mandate of paid sick days so workers can take paid sick days to care for their health or the health of their families. The bill creates a minimum requirement that allows workers to earn up to seven days per year of paid leave to recover from illness, to care for a ...

  5. Sick leave - Wikipedia

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    The average worker in wealthy countries takes approximately 14 sick days per year. With an average of 27.5 sick days per year, Norway has the highest rate, followed closely by Finland (26.6 days). Notably, Southern European countries also report significant rates of sick leave: Portugal (23.7 days), France (22.5 days), and Spain (22.4 days). [19]

  6. Hydrocortisone - Wikipedia

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    Hydrocortisone is the pharmaceutical term for cortisol used in oral administration, intravenous injection, or topical application.It is used as an immunosuppressive drug, given by injection in the treatment of severe allergic reactions such as anaphylaxis and angioedema, in place of prednisolone in patients needing steroid treatment but unable to take oral medication, and perioperatively in ...

  7. Stress dose - Wikipedia

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    50 mg hydrocortisone IV: 25 mg of hydrocortisone every eight hours for 24 hours. Resume usual dose thereafter. Major surgical stress (eg, esophagogastrectomy, total proctocolectomy, open heart surgery) 100 mg hydrocortisone IV: 50 mg every eight hours for 24 hours. Taper dose by half per day to maintenance level.

  8. List of corticosteroid esters - Wikipedia

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    Hydrocortisone bendazac; Hydrocortisone buteprate (hydrocortisone 17α-butyrate 21-propionate) Hydrocortisone butyrate (hydrocortisone 17α-butyrate) Hydrocortisone 21-butyrate; Hydrocortisone cypionate (hydrocortisone cyclopentanepropionate) Hydrocortisone phosphate; Hydrocortisone succinate (hydrocortisone hemisuccinate) Hydrocortisone tebutate

  9. Hydrocortisone sodium succinate - Wikipedia

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    Hydrocortisone sodium succinate, sold under the brand name Solu-Cortef among others, is a synthetic glucocorticoid corticosteroid and a corticosteroid ester. [ 3 ] Hydrocortisone sodium succinate was approved for medical use in the United States in 1955.