Confirm the medication doses with physician. Assay for GH: GH:Immunoenzymatic Assay Precautions: Facial flushing occurs immediately after administration of GHRH in about half of the patients. Paresthesias, nausea, and abnormal…
50 mg of captopril. Blood tubes for plasma renin activity (PRA) and aldosterone. Assay for PRA and Aldosterone: Radioimmunoassay. Precautions: Monitor BP hourly. Interpretation: Plasma aldosterone is normally suppressed by captopril…
Precautions: Do not leave the patient unattended since hypoglycemia is expected. A physician must be available in the walking distance from the room where the ITT is performed. Interpretation: A…
Day Date What to do 1 Day and date Have labs (thyroglobulin) drawn Related posts: Metyrapone Stimulation Test Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (oCRH) Stimulation Test Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT) GHRH–Arginine GH…
Assay for Cortisol: Chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) . Precautions: Cosyntropin is category C of pregnancy. Interpretation: Normal response: Peak stimulated cortisol value > 18 mcg/dl at 30 min [1, 2]. Most patients achieve higher…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Ahmet Bahadir Ergin, A. Laurence Kennedy, Manjula K. Gupta and Amir H. HamrahianThe Cleveland Clinic Manual of Dynamic Endocrine Testing10.1007/978-3-319-13048-4_7 7. Overnight Low Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test—1 mg Ahmet Bahadir Ergin1 , Amir H. Hamrahian1 , A….
Sample ACTH (pg/mL) Prolactin (ng/mL) Cortisol (µg/mL) Petrosal sinus Petrosal sinus Peripheral Right Left ACTH ratio Peripheral Right Left Prolactin ratio Peripheral R/P L/P R/L R/P L/P ADH (− 10 min) ADH…
Assay for Cortisol: Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) . Precautions: None. Interpretation: Serum cortisol concentration > 1.4–1.8 µg/dl after 2 day low dose dex is strongly suggestive of Cushing’s syndrome [1]. Caveats: Use of…
Glucagon stim test Time Gastrin Basal(0 min)-twice 2 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min Related posts: Metyrapone Stimulation Test Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (oCRH) Stimulation Test Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT) GHRH–Arginine GH Stimulation Test…
Day Date What to do 0 (Day:) Date: Have baseline TSH and Thyroglobulin drawn if not done in the past 60 days. Stop L-thyroxine medication beginning on day 0 7…
