Medical Definition of Bernard-Sergent syndrome

1. Severe adrenocortical insufficiency when an intercurrent illness or trauma causes an increased demand for adrenocortical hormones in a patient with adrenal insufficiency due to disease or use of relatively large amounts of similar hormones as therapy; characterised by nausea, vomiting, hypotension, and frequently hyperthemia, hyponatraemia, hyperkalaemia, and hypoglycaemia; can be fatal if untreated. Synonym: addisonian crisis, adrenal crisis, Bernard-Sergent syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bernard-Sergent Syndrome

Bermudian
Bermudian rig
Bermudians
Bern
Berna Eli Oldfield
Berna fly
Bernadetta
Bernadette
Bernankean
Bernanrd Arthur Owen Williams
Bernard
Bernard's canal
Bernard's duct
Bernard's puncture
Bernard-Horner syndrome
Bernard-Sergent syndrome (current term)
Bernard-Soulier disease
Bernard Baruch
Bernard Hinault
Bernard Law Montgomery
Bernard Malamud
Bernard Mannes Baruch
Bernardine
Bernardines
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernays' sponge
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist
Berne
Bernese

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