According to current recommendations,which of the following groups of patients should receive additional (supplemental) corticosteroids to prevent adrenal crisis during and after surgery?
A) Patients with either primary adrenal insufficiency or secondary adrenal insufficiency should receive additional corticosteroids.
B) Patients with primary adrenal insufficiency, but not patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency, should receive additional corticosteroids.
C) Patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency, but not patients with primary adrenal insufficiency, should receive additional corticosteroids.
D) Neither patients with primary adrenal insufficiency nor patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency should receive additional corticosteroids.
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