Mackenzie Crawford, Bennett McDonald, Wansu Chen, Hina Chowdhry, Richard Contreras, Iris Anne C Reyes, Eleena Dhakal, Tish Villanueva, Joshua I Barzilay, Candace F Vaughn, Frank S Czerwiec, David A Katz, Annette L Adams, Jennifer C Gander
Autonomous cortisol secretion (ACS) from an adrenal adenoma can increase the risk for comorbidities and mortality. The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) is the standard method to diagnose ACS. A multi-site, retrospective cohort of adults with diagnosed adrenal tumors was used to understand patient characteristics associated with DST completion and ACS. Time to DST completion was defined using the lab value and result date; follow-up time was from the adrenal adenoma diagnosis to the time of completion or censoring...
November 28, 2023: Biomedicines