Testosterone is an anabolic and androgenic steroid hormone therapeutically used to
produce male sex characteristics. It has also been shown to have a modulating effect on …

Patients on mechanical ventilation tend to have a multitude of biochemical changes, many
due to adrenal suppression or functional adrenal insufficiency Abnormal levels of gonadal …

Objective Low testosterone level is a common finding in critically ill patients with trauma,
shock, and sepsis. However, its prevalence and outcomes in patients with primary acute …

Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypotestosteronemia in chronically critically ill
(CCI) men. Design: Prevalence survey. Setting: Step-down respiratory care unit (RCU) at a …

Critical illness leads to a catabolic state, including severe testosterone deficiency that
persists throughout hospital stay, and results in persistent muscle weakness and physical …

Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of five patients with either ICU-AW or HAD who
were given testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) or oxandrolone for a total of 2 weeks …

Objective To investigate the effect of testosterone propionate injection on the condition and
prognosis of patients with sepsis. Methods The clinical data of 61 sepsis patients admitted to …

For nearly a decade, clinical studies have demonstrated sexually dimorphic responses to
critical illness; some favor a potentially protective effect of being male [1, 2] and others a …

Many studies show important disturbances in hormonal balance in patients with severe
sepsis. There are a lot of factors, which are involved in this process but the role of sex steroid …

Objective The neuroendocrine response to critical illness is dichotomous as it is adaptive
during the acute phase then transitions to maladaptive as critical illness becomes prolonged …