What's the most practical way to rule out adrenal insufficiency?

dc.contributor.author	Satre, Thomas J.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Kovach, Fran E.	eng
dc.date.issued	2009	eng
dc.description.abstract	A morning serum cortisol level >13 mcg/dL reliably rules out adrenal insufficiency, and the test is easy and safe to perform. Because of low specificity, patients with a level of ≤13 mcg/dL need further evaluation with the cosyntropin stimulation test (CST) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, meta- analysis of diagnostic cohort studies).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3903	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2009 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 58, no. 05 (May 2009): 281a-281b.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	insulin tolerance test	eng
dc.subject	metyrapone test	eng
dc.subject	cosyntropin	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Adrenal glands -- Diseases	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Hydrocortisone -- Diagnostic use	eng
dc.title	What's the most practical way to rule out adrenal insufficiency?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2009
The items in this collection constitute volume 58 of Clinical Inquiries.