Adrenal Crisis-Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH): Difference between revisions
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Acute adrenal crisis presents as vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, hypotension and shock. Crisis can be precipitated by illness, trauma and hyperthermia.
- If you get a call on a pediatric patient with CAH who is in crisis, find out if the caretakers have a dose of IM Solucortef for emergencies and give this ASAP.
- Make arrangements for medevac.
- If the patient has no emergency solucortef available, you can give dexamethasone from the village formulary
