17-ketosteroids and Postoperative-Complications

0.25 sodium equilin sulphate and 0.625 mg Premarin were compared as to their effects in 12 postmenopausal syndrome. The initial daily dosage of 0.25 mg equilin had a stronger oestrongenic effect in the alleviation of vasomotor disturbances than subsequently-administered Premarin. No significant difference was found in effect on the vaginal epithelium or the endometrium or in the incidence of irregular bleeding. The number of women in whom withdrawal bleeding was reported was considerably reduced by lowering the dosage to 0.2 mg equilin sulphate. Consequently 0.2 to 0.3 mg equilin sulphate must be considered the optimum dosage.

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Autonomic Nervous System; Climacteric; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Evaluation; Equilin; Female; Humans; Menopause; Middle Aged; Nervous System Diseases; Ovary; Postoperative Complications; Sleep Wake Disorders; Syndrome; Time Factors

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adrenal Glands; Adult; Aged; Biliary Fistula; Bronchitis; Cholecystectomy; Cholecystitis; Clinical Trials as Topic; Female; Gastrointestinal Motility; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Hypotension; Male; Middle Aged; Peritonitis; Pneumonia; Postoperative Complications; Prednisolone; Tracheitis

A 58-year-old white woman with hypertension and severe hypokalemia was found to have a carcinoma of the left adrenal gland. Plasma renin activity was constantly under the normal limit, while plasma aldosterone levels were pathologically elevated. Plasma cortisol (8:00 a.m.) and excretion rates of urinary free cortisol were within the normal range. After an adrenalectomy, relapsing excessive aldosterone secretion was successfully treated with opDDD (Lysodrene). Ten months after the diagnosis was established, the patient died from a bleeding liver metastasis.

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms; Aldosterone; Combined Modality Therapy; Female; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Hyperaldosteronism; Middle Aged; Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes; Postoperative Complications; Renin

Forty-three patients were treated by total adrenalectomy for pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease. The median period of observation was 10 years (range one to 20 years). Thirty-eight patients (88 per cent) had rapid and lasting remissions. Of the 38 in remission, 21 became pigmented but without pituitary enlargement, 11 became pigmented with evidence of further pituitary expansion (Nelson's syndrome) and six neither became pigmented nor showed pituitary expansion. Pituitary expansion was associated with high plasma ACTH values, and treatment of pituitary tumours by surgery or radiotherapy gave poor results. However, when compared with alternative methods of treatment, total adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease is still satisfactory for many patients, despite advances in pituitary surgery, and has advantages over 'medical adrenalectomy' with drugs.

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Adrenalectomy; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Adult; Cushing Syndrome; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Male; Middle Aged; Nelson Syndrome; Postoperative Complications

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Adnexa Uteri; Adult; Female; Health Resorts; Humans; Hysterectomy; Leiomyoma; Middle Aged; Postoperative Care; Postoperative Complications; Uterine Neoplasms

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adult; Castration; Estrogens; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Hormones; Humans; Luteinizing Hormone; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Progesterone; Testosterone

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Breast; Cicatrix; Gynecomastia; Humans; Male; Methods; Postoperative Complications; Surgery, Plastic

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Adult; Androstenes; Androsterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Tritium

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Acromegaly; Anesthesia, General; Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea; Corticosterone; Cushing Syndrome; Diabetic Retinopathy; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Intubation, Intratracheal; Nasopharynx; Pituitary Gland; Pituitary Irradiation; Pneumoencephalography; Postoperative Care; Postoperative Complications; Preoperative Care; Radioisotopes; Water-Electrolyte Balance; Yttrium Isotopes

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adenoma; Adolescent; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Adrenal Gland Diseases; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; Adrenalectomy; Adrenocortical Hyperfunction; Adult; Cushing Syndrome; Dexamethasone; Female; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Hyperplasia; Middle Aged; Pituitary Irradiation; Postoperative Care; Postoperative Complications; Radiography

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Adolescent; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Adrenalectomy; Body Height; Body Weight; Child; Child, Preschool; Cushing Syndrome; Dexamethasone; Dwarfism; Female; Growth Hormone; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Ketosteroids; Male; Obesity; Postoperative Complications; Steroids

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; History, 15th Century; History, 16th Century; History, 17th Century; Iodine Isotopes; Lung; Lung Neoplasms; Luteinizing Hormone; Pneumonectomy; Postoperative Complications; Protein Binding; Radioimmunoassay; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Testosterone; Time Factors; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Anesthesia; Catecholamines; Electrocardiography; Humans; Postoperative Complications; Preoperative Care; Resuscitation; Vascular Surgical Procedures

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adult; Aldosterone; Androsterone; Child; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Desoxycorticosterone; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; Hypogonadism; Hyponatremia; Male; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Pregnanediol; Pregnanetriol; Steroids

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Adolescent; Adrenal Glands; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Adult; Brain Diseases; Brain Neoplasms; Cerebellar Neoplasms; Female; Frontal Lobe; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Limbic System; Male; Mesencephalon; Middle Aged; Pineal Gland; Pituitary Gland; Pituitary-Adrenal Function Tests; Postoperative Complications; Temporal Lobe

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adenoma, Basophil; Adrenalectomy; Adrenocortical Hyperfunction; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Adult; Chromatography, Paper; Cushing Syndrome; Dexamethasone; Female; Heart Arrest; Humans; Metyrapone; Pituitary Neoplasms; Pituitary-Adrenal Function Tests; Postoperative Complications

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Adolescent; Adrenal Glands; Adult; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Mitral Valve Stenosis; Postoperative Complications

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adenoma; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Adult; Basal Metabolism; Female; Humans; Hypopituitarism; Male; Metyrapone; Pituitary Function Tests; Pituitary Neoplasms; Pituitary-Adrenal Function Tests; Postoperative Complications; Radiography

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Adrenal Glands; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Female; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Male; Natriuresis; Pituitary-Adrenal Function Tests; Postoperative Complications; Potassium; Stress, Physiological; Surgical Procedures, Operative

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Adenoma; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; Adrenal Insufficiency; Adrenalectomy; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Adult; Aldosterone; Cushing Syndrome; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Adolescent; Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital; Child; Child, Preschool; Clitoris; Disorders of Sex Development; Female; Humans; Hypertrophy; Infant; Laparotomy; Postoperative Complications; Vulva; Water-Electrolyte Balance

Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; 17-Ketosteroids; Amino Acids; Anabolic Agents; Catecholamines; Humans; Lung Diseases; Mandelic Acids; Nitrogen; Postoperative Complications

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Adrenocortical Hyperfunction; Endocrine System Diseases; Estrogens; Female; Gonadotropins; Humans; Hyperplasia; Hysterectomy; Obesity; Ovary; Physiology; Pituitary Gland; Postoperative Complications; Pregnanediol; Rats; Research; Thyroid Diseases; Urine; Uterus

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Body Fluids; General Surgery; Humans; Liver; Postoperative Complications; Postoperative Period; Steroids; Urine