Submitted:
26 December 2020
Posted:
28 December 2020
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Abstract
Adrenal crisis (AC) is an unexpected and possibly lethal situation of stressful interventions in patients with Addison’s disease (AD). Despite being rare in dentistry, it is to be noted that evidence indicates that 5-8% of patients with AD necessitate emergency glucocorticoid administration to treat AC annually. For that, dentists must be aware of this condition and be prepared when the clinical signs and symptoms occur.
Keywords:
Addison’s disease
; adrenal crisis
; adrenal gland
; corticosteroid
; primary adrenal insufficiency.
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