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Stress dose steroids for suspected adrenal crisis after pituitary surgery

April 5, 2026EM Board Bombs Podcast

EM Board Bombs Podcast warns that hypotension, weakness, and abdominal pain in a patient with pituitary surgery history should trigger immediate stress dose steroids rather than delays for imaging.

Pituitary surgery history + hypotension + weakness + belly pain?
This is not the time to get lost in line for the CT scanner.
Stress-dose steroids now!
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