IDEXX | Making Optimal Use of Serum Cortisol Data [WATCH RECORDING]

Subject: Making Optimal Use of Serum Cortisol Data
Speaker : Prof. Fred Reyers (BVSc, MMedVet(KLD), MRCV)
Organizer: Idexx
LINK: WATCH RECORDING

Join Professor Fred Reyers for this in depth lecture on making optimal use of serum cortisol data. After this webinar, you will :

Appreciate the fact that serum cortisol levels fluctuate too severely for a single basal cortisol to provide useful diagnostic information in HAC.
Understand why the urine Cortisol/Creatinine ratio is not really a useful parameter to overcome the problem of serum cortisol variability, despite the “advice” from some sources.
Understand the rationale behind the Low Dose Dexamethasone Suppression test (LDDST) for diagnosing Cushing’s Syndrome (HAC) – and its limitations.
Understand the rationale behind the ACTH-Stimulation Test, for diagnosing HAC – and its limitations.
Understand the rationale behind the Trilostane response test.
Understand the rationale behind using the ACTH-stim test to monitor HAC Rx
Appreciate the potential usefulness of using a basal Cortisol to monitor HAC Rx
Understand the usefulness for a basal cortisol in ruling Addison’s disease in/out
Understand why the LDDST cannot be used to diagnose Addison’s Disease.

Presenter: Prof. Fred Reyers
Veterinary Pathologist (Clinical Pathology)
Private – Retired pathologist