Klinik Araştırma

Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol

Cilt: 32 Sayı: 6 31 Aralık 2022
PDF İndir
TR EN

Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol

Öz

OBJECTIVE: Cortisol is a glucocorticoid and can be used as a stress mediator in association with adrenal insufficiency. A diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency is made when the episodically released cortisol levels are below 3 mcg/dl by making a single measurement at any time of the day. We aimed to determine the presence of underlying adrenal insufficiency by measuring cortisol levels in patients brought to the emergency room by the hospital code blue team that firstly performed their critical care, who fainted whilst giving blood samples in the blood collection unit. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Observational, prospective study; It consists of 28 patients brought to emergency department by Code Blue Team between 2017 and 2020. After physical examination and electrocardiogram(ECG) evaluation, samples were taken for complete blood count, biochemical parameters, venous blood gas, cardiac biomarkers and cortisol measurement. Obtained results were analyzed with SPSS 22. RESULTS: The lowest cortisol level was 9 mcg/dL, and the highest cortisol level was 40,4 mcg/dL. Cortisol levels were higher in women than men. But T-test analysis revealed that gender is not a determining factor in cortisol levels (p=0,26). The correlation between blood collection time and cortisol values was calculated close to zero (r2=0.09). The patient diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency with a single measurement was not defined in the study population. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with acute adrenal insufficiency may come to the emergency department with orthostatic hypotension, agitation, syncope, abdominal pain and fever, and may result in death if left untreated (1). Although emotional stress is 20% among the precipitating factors of adrenal crisis, no significant relationship was found between stress and cortisol in our study (2). The limitations of our study are that it can only be carried out during working hours, and advanced diagnostic tests can not be performed in the emergency room.

Anahtar Kelimeler

SYNCOPE, ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CORTISOL

Kaynakça

  1. 1. Pazderska A, Pearce SH. Adrenal insufficiency—recognition and management. Clin Med (Lond). 2017; 17:258-262
  2. 2. Hahner S, Spinnler C, Fassnacht M, et al. High incidence of adrenal crisis in educated patients with chronic adrenal insufficiency: a prospective study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015; 100:407-416
  3. 3. Thomas N, Armstrong CW, Hudaib A-R, et al: A network meta-analysis of stress mediators in suicide behaviour. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 2021; 63:100946
  4. 4. Deutschbein, T., Unger, N., Mann, K., & Petersenn, S. (2009). Diagnosis of secondary adrenal insufficiency: unstimulated early morning cortisol in saliva and serum in comparison with the insulin tolerance test. Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme, 41(11), 834–839. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1225630
  5. 5. Finucane, F. M., Liew, A., Thornton, E., Rogers, B., et al: (2008). Clinical insights into the safety and utility of the insulin tolerance test (ITT) in the assessment of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Clinical endocrinology, 69(4), 603–607. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03240.x
  6. 6. Bancos, I., Hahner, S., Tomlinson, J., & Arlt, W. (2015). Diagnosis and management of adrenal insufficiency. The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, 3(3), 216–226. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(14)70142-1
  7. 7. Broersen, L. H., Pereira, A. M., Jørgensen, J. O., & Dekkers, O. M. (2015). Adrenal Insufficiency in Corticosteroids Use: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 100(6), 2171–2180. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2015-1218
  8. 8. Woods, C. P., Argese, N., Chapman, M., Boot, C., et al: (2015). Adrenal suppression in patients taking inhaled glucocorticoids is highly prevalent and management can be guided by morning cortisol. European journal of endocrinology, 173(5), 633–642. https://doi.org/10.1530/EJE-15-0608
  9. 9. SAFFRAN, M., SCHALLY, A. V., & BENFEY, B. G. (1955). Stimulation of the release of corticotropin from the adenohypophysis by a neurohypophysial factor. Endocrinology, 57(4), 439–444. https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-57-4-439
  10. 10. Vale, W., Spiess, J., Rivier, C., & Rivier, J. (1981). Characterization of a 41-residue ovine hypothalamic peptide that stimulates secretion of corticotropin and beta-endorphin. Science (New York, N.Y.), 213(4514), 1394–1397. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6267699

Kaynak Göster

APA
Ömeroğlu, M., & Arslan, Ş. (2022). Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol. Genel Tıp Dergisi, 32(6), 666-669. https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1136552
AMA
1.Ömeroğlu M, Arslan Ş. Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol. Genel Tıp Derg. 2022;32(6):666-669. doi:10.54005/geneltip.1136552
Chicago
Ömeroğlu, Mevlana, ve Şenol Arslan. 2022. “Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol”. Genel Tıp Dergisi 32 (6): 666-69. https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1136552.
EndNote
Ömeroğlu M, Arslan Ş (01 Aralık 2022) Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol. Genel Tıp Dergisi 32 6 666–669.
IEEE
[1]M. Ömeroğlu ve Ş. Arslan, “Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol”, Genel Tıp Derg, c. 32, sy 6, ss. 666–669, Ara. 2022, doi: 10.54005/geneltip.1136552.
ISNAD
Ömeroğlu, Mevlana - Arslan, Şenol. “Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol”. Genel Tıp Dergisi 32/6 (01 Aralık 2022): 666-669. https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1136552.
JAMA
1.Ömeroğlu M, Arslan Ş. Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol. Genel Tıp Derg. 2022;32:666–669.
MLA
Ömeroğlu, Mevlana, ve Şenol Arslan. “Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol”. Genel Tıp Dergisi, c. 32, sy 6, Aralık 2022, ss. 666-9, doi:10.54005/geneltip.1136552.
Vancouver
1.Mevlana Ömeroğlu, Şenol Arslan. Patients Who Fainted Whilst Giving a Blood Sample in the Blood Collectıon Unit and a Stress Mediator: Cortisol. Genel Tıp Derg. 01 Aralık 2022;32(6):666-9. doi:10.54005/geneltip.1136552