A baseline ACTH level measured on the same blood sample as your cortisol level can assess your cortisol production. An ACTH stimulation test measures the ability of your adrenal glands to respond to ...

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 ...

To investigate if in preterm newborns, an early adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) test can identify possible transient adrenal insufficiency (TAI), using significant hypotension as a clinical marker.

Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2009;4(4):333-348. In stage 1 the first dysfunction observed as a consequence of the progression of the autoimmune process is an initial increase of PRA, at a time when ...

THE surgical management of craniopharyngiomas, whether radical or conservative, has always been hazardous. Gordy, Peet and Kahn 1 reported a series of 51 cases in which the operative mortality was 41 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Secondary adrenal insufficiency was ...

Early and midterm nonremission after transsphenoidal surgery in people with Cushing’s disease may be predicted by normalized early postoperative values for adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol, ...

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 ...