ea0056p30 | Adrenal cortex (to include Cushing's) | ECE2018
Tan Sarah
, Zhang Meifen
, Khoo Joan
, Puar Troy
Background: Patients with an elevated aldosterone renin ratio (ARR) should proceed for a confirmatory test to diagnose primary aldosteronism (PA) before undergoing further investigations such as CT imaging and adrenal venous sampling. The recent 2016 clinical guidelines have included a new recommendation: that in the setting of spontaneous hypokalaemia, undetectable plasma renin, and plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) >20 ng/dl, patients may not require further confirm...