ea0039ep3 | Adrenal | BSPED2015
Alsaffar Hussain
, Ahmed Iyad
, Blundell Pauline
, Das Urmi
, Dharmaraj Poonam
, Didi Mohammed
, Hatchard Lynne
, Ramakrishnan Renuka
, Senniappan Senthil
, Stirrup Kelly
, Yung Zoe
, Blair Joanne
Introduction: The insulin tolerance test (ITT) and glucagon stimulation test (GST) stimulate the release of both growth hormone (GH) and cortisol. A normal cortisol response is considered to be >500 nmo/l, however there are no robust normative paediatric data. Cortisol results may generate anxiety and further investigations in short children, tested for GH deficiency, with no clinical suggestion of cortisol deficiency.Aim: To describe cortisol respon...