Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Shortage of tetracosactide in the UK has put pressure on clinicians to reduce the number of SST’s ordered. Our aim was to establish if a lower baseline cortisol level from the currently accepted cut-off could predict a positive SST outcome. This would aid our Endocrine Department in rationalising use of tetracosactide.Methods: A retrospective observational study of indications and results of SST’s performed in non-critically ill general me...