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Corticosteroid Replacement
in Critically Ill Patients
Steroid Physiology
Basal Cortisol Production = 8-25 mg in 24hrs
Production can be increased 6-fold in stress
Diurnal pattern of cortisol production lost in stress
situations
Cortisol T1/2 = 70-120 minutes