Endocrine Abstracts

Cortisol dynamics have been found to be disturbed in acute illness. Despite reports on neuroendocrine disturbances after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), data on cortisol dynamics in the acute phase of this illness are lacking. We evaluated diurnal cortisol rhythm in n=25 patients 1 week (t1) and 2–3 weeks (t2) after SAH. The study was approved by the local ethics committee. Cortisol and CBG were measured in serum, blood samples were drawn a...