Expert suggestion for adrenal diseases management during the recent COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

A new hit of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variant strain Omicron pandemic is spreading worldwide and gradually affecting China. Adrenal disease severely affects the balance of glucose, lipids, water and salts throughout the body, thus affecting the prognosis of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). At the same time, it has become a key point on management of COVID-19 with adrenal disease, due to its specialty and lack of clinical understanding. The purpose of this expert suggestion is to standardize the clinical understanding and guide clinical practice. Especially in the context of complex epidemic prevention and control, it provides necessary reference basis and guidance for the diagnosis, treatment and comprehensive management of adrenal diseases during the current COVID-19 epidemic.

Keywords

• |covid-19|omicron|adrenal disease|cushing′s syndrome|aldosteronism|pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma|adrenocortical carcinoma|adrenocortical hypofunction