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
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- end stage renal disease
- type diabetes
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- weight gain
- high fat diet induced
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary embolism
- adipose tissue
- physical activity
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported
- single molecule