Your pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland located at the base of your brain. It produces many types of hormones, including the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). ACTH stimulates the adrenal glands, ...

A baseline ACTH level measured on the same blood sample as your cortisol level can assess your cortisol production. An ACTH stimulation test measures the ability of your adrenal glands to respond to ...

The classical description of Addison's disease in a 15-year-old girl1 is a timely reminder of this well-known but uncommon disorder. In their description of the investigative work-up and discussion, ...

What Is an ACTH Test? An ACTH test is a type of blood test. It measures how much of a hormone you have called ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone). This test should not be confused with an ACTH ...

Background and method: ACTH stimulation test is used for the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in sepsis, but the optimal dosage of ACTH is still debatable. We, therefore, compared the efficacy of ...

THE response of the adrenal cortex to intensive stimulation with exogenous ACTH provides an excellent guide to the functional status of the adrenal cortex under most circumstances. Tests based on this ...

Recent studies have shown that the eosinophil response to adrenocortical stimulation with intravenously administered ACTH or intramuscular injection of ACTH gel is a much more reliable test of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AUSTIN, Texas — Preoperative identification of patients with silent adrenocorticotrophic hormone-secreting ...

We agree with the interpretation of the short ACTH stimulation test described by Deeba Syeda and associates. In the case that we described,1 a long ACTH stimulation test was unnecessary because of the ...