Type your tag names separated by a space and hit enter

    Dexamethasone suppression test (high dose, overnight)

    Dexamethasone suppression test (high dose, overnight) is a topic covered in the Guide to Diagnostic Tests.

    To view the entire topic, please or purchase a subscription.

    Emergency Central is a collection of disease, drug, and test information including 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult, Davis’s Drug, McGraw-Hill Medical’s Diagnosaurus®, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, and MEDLINE Journals created for emergency medicine professionals. Explore these free sample topics:

    Emergency Central

    -- The first section of this topic is shown below --

    Test/Range/Collection

    Dexamethasone suppression test (high-dose, overnight), serum or plasma

    8:00 AM serum cortisol level: <5 mcg/dL

    [<140 nmol/L]

    SST, PPT, green

    $$

    Give 8 mg dexamethasone dose at 11:00 PM. At 8:00 AM, draw cortisol level.

    -- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please or purchase a subscription --

    Citation

    McPhee, Stephen J., et al. "Dexamethasone Suppression Test (high Dose, Overnight)." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619126/all/Dexamethasone_suppression_test__high_dose__overnight_.
    McPhee SJ, Lu CM, Nicoll D. Dexamethasone suppression test (high dose, overnight). Guide to Diagnostic Tests. 7th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619126/all/Dexamethasone_suppression_test__high_dose__overnight_. Accessed April 21, 2019.
    McPhee, S. J., Lu, C. M., & Nicoll, D. (2017). Dexamethasone suppression test (high dose, overnight). In Guide to Diagnostic Tests. Available from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619126/all/Dexamethasone_suppression_test__high_dose__overnight_
    McPhee SJ, Lu CM, Nicoll D. Dexamethasone Suppression Test (high Dose, Overnight) [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2019 April 21]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619126/all/Dexamethasone_suppression_test__high_dose__overnight_.
    * Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
    TY - ELEC T1 - Dexamethasone suppression test (high dose, overnight) ID - 619126 A1 - McPhee,Stephen J, AU - Lu,Chuanyi Mark, AU - Nicoll,Diana, BT - Guide to Diagnostic Tests UR - https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619126/all/Dexamethasone_suppression_test__high_dose__overnight_ PB - McGraw-Hill Education ET - 7 DB - Emergency Central DP - Unbound Medicine ER -