title: Consistency of pituitary-adrenocortical function across multiple psychiatric hospitalizations.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone