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Table 4 Hormone replacement therapy in the postoperative period

From: Adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing pituitary adenoma with pituitary apoplexy treated by surgical decompression: a case report

Function

Medicine

Manufacturer

Period

Dose / administration method

Antidiuretic hormone

Desmopressin acetate

Kissei Pharmaceutical CO., LTD

Immediately after TSS to 5 days after TSS

0.1 μg/kg, sc, bid

Desmopressin acetate

Kissei Pharmaceutical CO., LTD

6 days after TSS to present

0.1 μg/kg, os, bid

Adrenocortical hormone

Hydrocortisone

Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical CO., LTD

Immediately after TSS to 1 day after TSS

1.0 mg/kg, iv, qid

Prednisolone

Yoshindo Co., Ltd.

2 days after TSS to present

0.1–0.2 mg/kg, po, bid

Thyroid hormone

Levothyroxine sodium

ASKA Pharmaceutical CO., LTD.

7 days before TSS to present

20–30 μg/kg, po, bid

Estrogenic hormone ·

Ethinylestradiol

ASKA Pharmaceutical CO., LTD.

62 days after TSS to present

0.03 mg/kg, po, sid

  1. TSS Trans-sphenoidal surgery