Adrenal Insufficiency

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
AI
Pronunciation
/əˌdriːnəl ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Future studies will have to explore the potential of dehydroepiandrosterone replacement and modified delayed-release hydrocortisone to improve the prospects of patients with adrenal insufficiency.
  2. Primary adrenal insufficiency is most frequently caused by autoimmune adrenalitis, and hypothalamic-pituitary tumors represent the most frequent cause of secondary adrenal insufficiency.
  3. Objective To study changes of plasma cortisol level after pediatric cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass ( CPB ) and explore risk factors for adrenal insufficiency ( AI ) after surgery.
  4. A steroid hormone, C21H30O3, secreted by the adrenal cortex or produced synthetically and used to treat adrenal insufficiency.
  5. High Prevalence of " Biochemical " Adrenal Insufficiency(AI) in Thalassemics : is it a Matter of Different Testings or Decreased Cortisol Binding Globulin?

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