Table 3.

Medications received: Biochemically adrenal-cortisol insufficient vs. sufficient inpatients ^*

		Biochemically adrenal- cortisol insufficient n=108	Biochemically adrenal- cortisol sufficient n=394	p value
	Anti-infectious	62.0 (67)	46.8 (184)	0.005
	Pulmonary	29.6 (32)	18.5 (73)	0.01
	Cardiovascular	53.7 (58)	60.7 (239)	0.19
	Diuretics	12.0 (13)	18 (71)	0.14
	Neuro- modulators	66.7 (72)	58.4 (230)	0.12
	Hematologic	48.1 (52)	44.4 (175)	0.49
	Endocrine	40.7 (44)	43.7 (172)	0.59
	Chemotherapy & radiation	13.0 (14)	12.9 (51)	>0.99
	Gastrointestinal	65.7 (71)	65.2 (257)	0.92
	Skeletal	7.4 (8)	10.9 (43)	0.37
	Megestrol	15.7 (17)	8.4 (33)	0.02
	Azole antifungals †	11.1 (12)	6.3 (25)	0.10
	Mitotane/metyrapone	0	0.3 (1)
	Etomidate	0.9 (1)	0
	Prior glucocorticoids ‡	7.4 (8)	9.1 (36)	0.70
	Prior fludrocortisone	2.8 (3)	1.8 (7)	0.45

^*presented as % (n)

^†Anti-fungal azole drugs including ketoconazole, fludroconazole and voriconazole

^‡Patients who received glucocorticoids at doses equivalent to ≥ 30 mg daily hydrocortisone for ≥ 2 weeks up to 24 hours prior to cortrosyn injection.