Table 3.

Clinical features and routine laboratory findings in adrenal crisis.

Symptoms	Signs	Routine laboratory tests
Severe weakness	Hypotension	Hyponatraemia
Syncope	Abdominal tenderness/guarding	Hypoglycaemia
Nausea and vomiting	Fever	Hypercalcaemia
Abdominal pain	Hyperpigmentation (PAI)	Normocytic anaemia
Back pain	Altered GCS, delirium	Acute renal failure
Confusion		Hyperkalaemia (PAI)

GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; PAI, primary adrenal insufficiency.