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Table 2 Adrenal insufficiency after any surgery except for orthopaedic surgery

From: Acute adrenal insufficiency following arthroplasty: a case report and review of the literature

Cases

Author

Country

Age

Sex

Type of surgery

Diagnosis

Symptoms

Lab results

1

Steer and Fromm, 1980 [33]

USA

71

M

cholecystectomy

not done

abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, anorexia, weakness, hypotension

eosinophilia, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, prothrombin time elevation

2

Jacobson et al., 1986 [34]

USA

55

M

retropubic prostatectomy

CT

fever, tachycardia, hypotension, dyspnea, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, ileus

hyponatremia, hyperkalemia

3

Miller et al., 1986 [35]

USA

81

F

aorto-iliac aneurysmectomy

CT

fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, lethargy

hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, leukocytosis

4

Homcy and Southern, 1989 [36]

USA

71

M

colectomy

autopsy

confusion, hypotension

hyponatremia

5

Ting et al., 1992 [37]

USA

62

M

coronary bypass grafting

CT

left flank pain, fever, tachypnea, tachycardia, tired, hypotension

leukocytosis, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia

6

Leschi et al., 1994 [38]

France

63

M

aortofemoral bypass graft

autopsy

confusion

hyponatremia, hyperkalemia

7

Belmore and Walters, 1995 [39]

USA

53

M

laparoscopic cholecystectomy

CT

abdominal pain, anorexia, fatigue, hypotension, dehydration

hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, hyperamylasemia, partial thromboplastin time prolonged

8

Scheiwiller et al., 2002 [40]

Switzerland

71

M

low anterior rectum resection

CT

anorexia, abdominal pain, fever, hypotension

hyponatremia

9

Sousa Escandon et al., 2002 [41]

Spain

82

M

partial nephrectomy for renal adenocarcinoma

CT

abdominal pain, nausea, fever, hypotension, severe respiratory distress

hyponatremia, azotemia, anemia, leukocytosis, thrombocytosis

10

Bakaeen et al., 2005 [42]

USA

51

M

coronary artery bypass graft

CT

fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, orthostatic hypotension, tachycardia

thrombocytopenia

11

Gutenberg et al., 2007 [43]

Germany

69

M

intracranial tumor surgery

exploratory laparotomy

hypotension, abdomen tense

not reported

12

Munoz Corsini et al., 2008 [44]

Spain

63

M

right hemicolectomy

CT

disorientation, difficulty in breathing, tachycardia, fever

leukocytosis, anemia, increase in fibrinogen,

13

Peel and Whitelaw, 2011 [45]

USA

60

M

right hemicolectomy

CT

backache, fever, hypotension, agitation, confusion

hyponatremia, thrombocytopenia, leukocytosis

14

Rosenberger et al., 2011 [2]

USA

69

M

gastrectomy, esophagojejuno- stomy, cholecystectomy

CT

abdominal and flank pain, tachypnea, tachycardia, hypotension, oliguria, myocardial infarction

oliguric renal failure

15

Balsach Sole et al., 2012 [46]

Spain

70

M

cephalic duodenopancreatectomy

CT

lethargy, hypotension

hyponatremia, hypoglycemia