Consistency of pituitary-adrenocortical function across multiple psychiatric hospitalizations.
The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) was done in 53 psychiatric patients during at least two separate hospital admissions. The agreement between DST results on both admissions exceeded chance expectations: 69.8% of all patients and 72.3% of those with major depression had consistent DST results.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology; D003907:Dexamethasone; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology
D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone