DEAR DR. ROACH: I am inquiring about low cortisol. My son recently was told that his cortisol level is 0.39 and that it should be above 1.8. The result was from a saliva test. He has a very high pulse ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Preoperative identification of patients with silent adrenocorticotrophic hormone-secreting tumors could potentially change the approach to management. A new study aimed to determine ...
TORONTO — Biomedical and clinical variables are not helpful to predict recovery of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients who received supraphysiological doses of glucocorticoids and who ...
During the 36 months of the survey, 11,310 patients were hospitalized in the general internal ward. Among them, 339 (2.9%) were clinically suspected of adrenal insufficiency and had an ...
Background and method: ACTH stimulation test is used for the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in sepsis, but the optimal dosage of ACTH is still debatable. We, therefore, compared the efficacy of ...
A new at-home saliva test that could offer a simpler and more rapid way to diagnose adrenal insufficiency among patients at high risk has been unveiled by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
THE response of the adrenal cortex to intensive stimulation with exogenous ACTH provides an excellent guide to the functional status of the adrenal cortex under most circumstances. Tests based on this ...
I am inquiring about low cortisol. My son recently was told that his cortisol level is 0.39 and that it should be above 1.8. The result was from a saliva test. He has a very high pulse, low blood ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am inquiring about low cortisol. My son recently was told that his cortisol level is 0.39 and that it should be above 1.8. The result was from a saliva test. He has a very high pulse ...