Peter Drier, a bank technology manager in New York City, was blindsided after neck surgery by a $117,000 bill from a doctor he did not recall meeting. Credit Joshua Bright for The New York Times.
Cushing's triad, which includes bradycardia, hypertension (with widened pulse pressure), and a change in respiratory pattern, is seen in head injuries with increased intracranial pressure (ICP).
Cushing's syndrome refers to the constellation of clinical and laboratory findings that occur in patients exposed to excess glucocorticoids. Additional manifestations often coexist when the steroids present in excess possess other activities, particularly mineralocorticoid and androgenic activities.