Video: Sick-day rules & emergency hydrocortisone injections
The endocrine team at Liverpool University Hospital have released a short video to educate patients with adrenal insufficiency about management of their steroid replacement therapy. It includes a section about sick-day rules, as well as sections about how to administer different types of emergency hydrocortisone injections.
Watch the video on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXXB3w1ADcI
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