Endocrine Abstracts

Background and Aims: Clinical management of women with hyperandrogenic symptoms varies widely and UK guidelines are lacking. Dependent on presentation, differential diagnoses may include thyroid dysfunction, hyperprolactinaemia, congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), hypercortisolism, acromegaly and pregnancy. Women presenting with hyperandrogenic symptoms can have a normal or elevated testosterone. This study describes hormone requesting relevant to these co...

Background and Aims: Clinical management of women with hyperandrogenic symptoms varies widely and UK guidelines are lacking. Dependent on presentation, differential diagnoses may include thyroid dysfunction, hyperprolactinaemia, congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), hypercortisolism, acromegaly and pregnancy. Women presenting with hyperandrogenic symptoms can have a normal or elevated testosterone. This study describes hormone requesting relevant to these co...

Background: The short Synacthen test (SST) is commonly used for assessing adrenal reserve. Depending on the cause, we often use serial SSTs in current practice, to assess whether people with adrenal insufficiency (AI) have adrenal axis recovery. We aimed to explore if baseline cortisol levels were a suitable screening test for recovery in people with AI rather than using serial SST in all cases.Methods: We retrospectivel...