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Table of Contents:

Preface
Contributors
1 General Adaptation Syndrome: An Overview 1
2 Developmental Considerations: The Fetal and Neonatal Endocrine Response to Stress 25
3 Growth, Development, and Critical Disease 45
4 Pituitary Response to Stress: Growth Hormone and Prolactin 67
5 The Sympathoadrenomedullary Response to Critical Illness 87
6 The Adrenocortical Response to Critical Illness: The CRH-ACTH-Cortisol Axis 123
7 Adrenocortical Response to Critical Illness: The Renin-Aldosterone Axis 137
8 Thyroid Response to Critical Illness 155
9 Pathophysiology of Water Metabolism During Critical Illness 175
10 Alterations in Fuel Metabolism in Critical Illness: Hyperglycemia 197
11 Alterations in Fuel Metabolism in Critical Illness: Hypoglycemia 211
12 Critical Illness and Calcium Metabolism 233
13 Skeletal Metabolism in Critical Illness 249
14 Testicular Function in Critical Illness 271
15 The Female Gonadal Response to Critical Disease 285
16 Effects of Aging on the Hormonal Response to Stress 299
Index 311