ea0038p414 | Steroids | SFEBES2015
Freudenthal Bernard
, Beder Daniel
, Ogilvie Arla
Background: Short Synacthen tests (SST) are inconvenient and expensive, especially since the cost of tetracosactide recently increased to over £45/ampule. Historic literature on the minimum 9 am cortisol required to avoid a SST ranges from 243 to 500 nmol/l and individual endocrinologist practice varies greatly.Methods: In an audit of all 182 SSTs from 1 year at our institution, either a previous 0900 h cortisol was recorded or the basal corti...