See Also: Bernard-Sergent syndrome(medicine)
bernard syndrome(medicine)
syndrome, Bernard(medicine)
Bernard-Soulier syndrome(health)
Bernard Soulier syndrome(medicine)
bernard-horner syndrome(medicine)
Bernard-Horner syndrome(health)
Sergent, Emile(medicine)
Sergent's white line(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)

Bernard-Sergent syndrome (medicine)


Bernard-Sergent syndrome -->
acute adrenocortical insufficiency


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.