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==Emergency corticosteroid suplementation in patients taking exogenous [[corticosteroids]]==
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Category'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Initial'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Subsequent'''
|-
| Minor procedure or surgery under local anesthesia (eg, inguinal hernia repair)||No extra supplementation is necessary||Continue normal dosing
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| Moderate surgical stress (eg, lower extremity revascularization, total joint replacement)||50 mg [[hydrocortisone]] IV ||25 mg of hydrocortisone every eight hours for 24 hours. Resume usual dose thereafter.
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| Major surgical stress (eg, esophagogastrectomy, total proctocolectomy, open heart surgery)||100 mg [[hydrocortisone]] IV ||50 mg every eight hours for 24 hours. Taper dose by half per day to maintenance level.
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===Pediatric Dose===
“Emergent Intramuscular Dosing can be given if child is not tolerating oral medications” <ref>[https://pedemmorsels.com/stress-dose-steroids/ Stress Dose Steroids BY SEAN M. FOX PED EM MORSELS]</ref>or unable to get IV within 15 minutes.
'''IM hydrocortisone sodium succinate''' (Solu-Cortef)
*25 mg for child 3 years and younger
*50 mg for children >3 yrs – 12 years
*100 mg for children 12 years and older.

==References==
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[[Category:Endocrinology]]
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