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ea0050p021 | Adrenal and Steroids | SFEBES2017

Clinical implications of the short synacthen test: an audit of its rational use in the assessment of adrenocortical insufficiency

Stratos Efstratios , Likhari Taruna , Sharma Sanjeev

Aims: The short synacthen test (SST) is considered as the gold standard test to assess the viability of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. This study explores the appropriateness of its clinical use in a district general hospital. Furthermore, it assesses the effectiveness of the alternate use of 9AM cortisol in excluding hypoadrenalism and the cost-effectiveness of sampling both 30 and 60 minutes serum cortisol in SST.Me...
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ea0050p021 | Adrenal and Steroids | SFEBES2017

Clinical implications of the short synacthen test: an audit of its rational use in the assessment of adrenocortical insufficiency

Stratos Efstratios , Likhari Taruna , Sharma Sanjeev

Aims: The short synacthen test (SST) is considered as the gold standard test to assess the viability of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. This study explores the appropriateness of its clinical use in a district general hospital. Furthermore, it assesses the effectiveness of the alternate use of 9AM cortisol in excluding hypoadrenalism and the cost-effectiveness of sampling both 30 and 60 minutes serum cortisol in SST.Me...
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Endocrine Abstracts
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