The rapid low-dose (1 μg) cosyntropin test in the immediate postoperative period: Results in elderly subjects after major abdominal surgery - Richards, Melanie L.; Caplan, Robert H.; Wickus, Gary G.; Lambert, Pamela J.; Kisken, William A. (Surgery, 1999)
Keywords: Abdominal Neoplasms - surgery; Adrenal Insufficiency - diagnosis; Adrenal Insufficiency - physiopathology; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - blood; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Carcinoma - surgery; Colectomy; Colonic Neoplasms - surgery; Cosyntropin - administration & dosage; Endocrinology; Female; Humans; Hydrocortisone - blood; Hypotension - physiopathology; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - physiology; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques; Postoperative Complications - diagnosis; Postoperative Complications - physiopathology; Endocrinopathy; Human; Postoperative; Evaluation; Hypothalamohypophysoadrenal axis; Low dose; Medical screening; Abdomen; Adrenal insufficiency; Surgery; Adrenal gland diseases; Primary; Tetracosactide; Elderly