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Correlation of serum testosterone with severity of critical illness

Correlation of serum testosterone with severity of critical illness
The serum testosterone concentration on admission (left panel) and the nadir level in the hospital (right panel) in men with critical illness according to disease severity as measured by the APACHE score. Men with increasingly severe illnesses have lower serum testosterone concentrations. To convert serum testosterone values to ng/dL, divide by 0.0347.
APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.
Redrawn from Spratt DI, Cox P, Orav J, et al. Reproductive axis suppression in acute illness is related to disease severity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1993; 76:1548.
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