A dexamethasone suppression test is primarily used to help diagnose Cushing syndrome. Cushing syndrome indicates that you have an abnormally high level of cortisol. Cortisol is a steroid hormone ...
Ambulatory fludrocortisone suppression testing for primary aldosteronism has similar accuracy compared with in-patient fludrocortisone suppression testing but with significantly lower health care ...
Primary aldosteronism (PA) accounts for 5–10% of subjects with hypertension. 1 The fludrocortisone suppression test (FST), an established test to confirm PA, is known to cause hypokalemia. 2 Therefore ...