ea0099oc3.6 | Oral Communications 3: Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology | Part I | ECE2024
Mifsud Simon
, Mifsud Emma Louise
, Newell-Price John
, Ross Richard
, Debono Miguel
Background: Long-term glucocorticoids can result in iatrogenic Cushings syndrome with adrenal suppression. Most patients reactivate their hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis once theyre weaned off glucocorticoids. During glucocorticoid withdrawal, many clinicians switch patients to hydrocortisone to benefit from its short half-life1. However, in some patients, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis recovery is delayed despite the above. It is unclear whethe...