Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The demand of cortisol rises during stress and to avoid acute cortisol deficiency, patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery at Skåne University Hospital (Sweden) receive peri- and postoperative substitution with hydrocortisone (HC), even at normal ACTH function. Some anesthetics are known to affect cortisol levels.This study aimed to assess the perioperative cortisol plasma levels during transsphenoidal surgery in ACTH sufficient an...