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ea0013p94 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2007

Comparison of 30 minute Short Synacthen test and 60 minute Short Synacthen test for assessment of the hypothalamo-pituitary–adrenal axis

Edavalath Mahamood , Hudson Peter , Leigh Jennifer

Aim: Short Synacthen test (SST) has become increasingly accepted and widely used screening test for the assessment of the integrity of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA), however there are difference of opinion about the duration of the test and most acceptable is 30 minutes plasma cortisol level after giving 250 μg of synacthen. Therefore we have compared 30 minutes SST with 60 minutes SST for assessment of the HPA axis.Method: Response to th...
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Endocrine Abstracts
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