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Is physiological glucocorticoid replacement important in children?

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Porter, John, Blair, Joanne, Ross, Richard J·2017·Archives of Disease in Childhood

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Cortisol has a distinct circadian rhythm with low concentrations at night, rising in the early hours of the morning, peaking on waking and declining over the day to low concentrations in the evening. Loss of this circadian rhythm, as seen in jetlag and shift work, is associated with fatigue in the short term and diabetes and obesity in the medium to long term. Patients with adrenal insufficiency on current glucocorticoid replacement with hydrocortisone have unphysiological cortisol concentrations being low on waking and high after each dose of hydrocortisone. Patients with adrenal insufficiency complain of fatigue, a poor quality of life and there is evidence of poor health outcomes including obesity potentially related to glucocorticoid replacement. New technologies are being developed that deliver more physiological glucocorticoid replacement including hydrocortisone by subcutaneous pump, Plenadren, a once-daily modified-release hydrocortisone and Chronocort, a delayed and sustained absorption hydrocortisone formulation that replicates the overnight profile of cortisol. In this review, we summarise the evidence regarding physiological glucocorticoid replacement with a focus on relevance to paediatrics.

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Authors
Porter, J., Blair, J., & Ross, R. J.
Affiliations
  • Diurnal (United Kingdom) (GB)
  • Alder Hey Children's Hospital (GB)
Corresponding author
Ross, Richard J
Venue
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2016-08-31
Volume
102
Issue
2
Pages
199-205
ISSN
  • 0003-9888 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-2044
OpenAlex
W2507315643
Cited by
50
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2
FWCI
0.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
European Commission (281654)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Hormonal and reproductive studies
Keywords
adrenal insufficiency, cortisol, diurnal cortisol rhythm, pediatric patients, fatigue, obesity, modified-release hydrocortisone, jet lag, shift work
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adrenal Insufficiency, Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital, Child, Child, Preschool, Circadian Rhythm, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Glucocorticoids, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Young Adult

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