Prevalence and risk factors for hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression in infants receiving glucocorticoid eye drops after ocular surgery.

Diana Chabané SchmidtLine KesselDaniella Bach HolmKatharina M MainDorte A LarsenRegitze Bangsgaard

Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2022)

Infants are at risk of having hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression if they receive a high daily glucocorticoid dose per weight by topical ocular administration. Infants receiving glucocorticoids after ocular surgery should be monitored clinically or by ACTH testing.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
physical activity
optic nerve
surgical site infection
growth hormone
weight loss
coronary artery disease
weight gain
optical coherence tomography