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)

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Bernanrd Arthur Owen Williams
Bernard
Bernard's canal
Bernard's duct
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Bernard-Horner syndrome
Bernard-Sergent syndrome (current term)
Bernard-Soulier disease
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Bernays' sponge
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