A patient with adrenal insufficiency has been admitted to the intensive care unit in adrenal crisis. What assessment findings support this diagnosis? (Select all that apply.)
A) Physiological exhaustion
B) Hypertension
C) Fluid shift
D) Shock
E) Septicemia
A, C, D
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Symptoms of adrenal crisis include physiological exhaustion, hypotension, fluid shift, shock, and even death. Hypotension rather than hypertension would be expected. Septicemia is a possible cause of adrenal crisis, not a symptom.
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