Effect of a 14-day course of systemic corticosteroids on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Schuetz P, Christ-Crain M, Schild U, Süess E, Facompre M, Baty F, Nusbaumer C, Brutsche M, Müller B. Effect of a 14-day course of systemic corticosteroids on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BMC pulmonary medicine 2008; 8:1.