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Table 1 Table 1

From: Adrenal failure in neurological and septic critically ill patients

 

n

Baseline cortisol (μg/dl)

Low-dose cortisol (μg/dl)

High-dose cortisol (μg/dl)

Δmax (μg/dl)

Neurological disease

39

21.6 ± 13.1

37.5 ± 16.9

49.2 ± 21

27.5 ± 17.9

Non-neurological disease

43

15 ± 8.6

25.2 ± 10.7

33.7 ± 13.5

18.6 ± 11

 

Not significant

P = 0.006

P = 0.0006

P = 0.001

P = 0.03