ea0058oc5.5 | Oral Communications 5 | BSPED2018
Wilkinson Ingrid CE
, Riddoch Fiona
, Perry Lesley A
, Martin Lee
, Grossman Ashley B
, Monson John P
, Akker Scott
, Savage Martin O
, Drake William M
, Storr Helen L
Background: The low dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST) is an important investigation for suspected Cushings syndrome (CS). The traditional definition of normal suppression of serum cortisol to ≤50 nmol/l (0.5 mg 6 hrly × 48 hrs) comes from a time when biochemical auto analysers did not routinely detect very low values. Previous studies reported 5.18.3% of patients with Cushings disease (CD) suppressed to <50 nmol/l at 48 hrs. Many clin...