Assessment of plasma dexamethasone levels after 1-mg dexamethasone suppression test in adults with obesity.
Pimonrat PaopongpaiboonPrangareeya SantisitthanonNatnicha HoungngamThiti SnabboonPatchaya BoonchayaanantPublished in: Clinical endocrinology (2024)
Our results suggest that obesity does not affect plasma dexamethasone levels. However, dexamethasone measurement may still be helpful in patients who are being investigated for Cushing's syndrome and suspected to have a false-positive DST.
Keyphrases
- high dose
- low dose
- insulin resistance
- end stage renal disease
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- weight gain
- newly diagnosed
- high fat diet induced
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- pulmonary embolism
- adipose tissue
- case report
- skeletal muscle
- mass spectrometry
- high resolution
- atomic force microscopy
- clinical evaluation