ea0056gp27 | Adrenal clinical | ECE2018
Pofi Riccardo
, Feliciano Chona
, Sbardella Emilia
, Argese Nicola
, Woods Conor P
, Grossman Ashley B
, Jafar-Mohammadi Bahram
, Gleeson Helena
, Lenzi Andrea
, Isidori Andrea M
, Tomlinson Jeremy W
The 250 mg short synacthen test (SST) is the most commonly used tool to assess the integrity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. There are many instances when compromise to HPA-axis function is potentially reversible (including the use of suppressive dose of prescribed glucocorticoids), but currently there are no data to guide clinicians as to the frequency of repeat testing or to the likelihood of HPA-axis recovery. We performed an observational, retrospective, anal...