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To the Editor: Bain provides an overview of idiopathic eosinophilia in her editorial (Oct. 7 issue).¹ However, she does not comment on the fact that eosinophilia may also be a useful marker of adrenal insufficiency. It has been documented that eosinophilia may be a sign of acute adrenal insufficiency in critically ill patients.^2,3

Angelis et al.² evaluated all the patients admitted to a surgical intensive care unit because of eosinophilia during a one-year period. Using as a definition of eosinophilia an eosinophil count that is greater than 3 percent of the peripheral white-cell count, they found that 32 of 1022 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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