Top tips for treating the emergency case of Addison's disease

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Background: Although a potentially life‐threatening endocrine emergency, if diagnosed promptly and treated appropriately, the majority of acute Addisonian crises represent very rewarding cases to treat. A complete review of the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic hypoadrenocorticism (including atypical Addison's disease) was published in In Practice (Spence and others 2018). Aim of the article: This article aims to supplement the previously published review with some additional considerations in the management of acute Addisonian crises.