Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aim: Insulin tolerance test (ITT) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of cortisol and growth hormone deficiencies in adults. Once hypoglycaemia (<40 mg/dl) is achieved, some medical centers give sugar to their patients (food, drink or glucose infusion), others do not and let the blood glucose rise spontaneously. Although critical hypoglycaemia results in discomfort and potential complications for the patients there is so far no recommendation on the subje...