ea0059p031 | Adrenal and steroids | SFEBES2018
Tharayil Giji
, Sathiskumar P
, Ravelo Maria
, Yunus Imran
, Fuggle Sue
, Lawson Graham
Back ground: Our Cortisol assay was changed from older generation assay to new second-generation Roche cortisol assay for the Short synacthen tests. There is ~ 2025% difference in cortisol values between these assays. There are debates about the cut off values for normal response (cortisol of 420 or 440 nmols), compared to 550 nmols/l with older assay. And to assess the use of 30 and 60 min cortisol response.Methods: Short synacthen tests data were...