Endocrine Abstracts

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...