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  1. ... in the body is disrupted (known as metabolic crisis) and brain function is abnormal (known as acute ... normally for their age.The risk of metabolic crisis and acute encephalopathy is thought to decrease after ...
  2. ... disease can lead to a life-threatening adrenal crisis, characterized by vomiting, abdominal pain, back or leg ... and severe hypotension leading to shock. The adrenal crisis is often triggered by a stressor, such as ...
  3. ... ventilation assistance. This respiratory failure, called a myasthenic crisis, may be triggered by stresses such as infections ...
  4. ... individuals with hormonally functional parathyroid cancer develop hypercalcemic crisis, in which calcium levels in the blood are ...
  5. ... childhood as a sudden episode called a metabolic crisis, in which acidosis and low blood glucose (hypoglycemia) ...