In this episode, we discuss critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI). Our guest is Stephen Pastores, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM. Dr. Pastores is Director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training and Research Programs at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY.

Dr. Pastores co-chaired an international multispecialty task force addressing this important topic. During our podcast, he discusses the recent publications by this task force on corticosteroid insufficiency and the role on corticosteroid replacement in critical illness.

Additional Resources:

- Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI) in Critically Ill Patients (Part 1): Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 2017. Click here to read.
- Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI): A Narrative Review from a Multispecialty Task Force of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). Click here to read.
- Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock​. ADRENAL Trial Investigators. Click here to read.

Additional Resources:

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI) in Critically Ill Patients (Part 1): Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 2017.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28938253

Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI): A Narrative Review from a Multispecialty Task Force of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28938251

Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock​. ADRENAL Trial Investigators.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1705835?query=featured_home

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