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Cosyntropin
Cosyntropin
 
#Before: Draw serum cortisol
Before: Draw serum cortisol
#Time 0: ^0.25mg IM/IV over 2min
 
#Time 30: Draw serum cortisol
Time 0: *0.25mg IM/IV over 2min
#Time 60: Draw serum cortisol & give 100mg hydrodortison IVP
 
^0.125mg if <2yrs old
Time 30: Draw serum cortisol
 
Time 60: Draw serum cortisol & give 100mg hydrodortison IVP
 
   
   
*0.125mg if <2yrs old
Positive:
Positive:


Negative:
Negative:


*Then give either
==Treatment==
 
#Then give either
-dexamethasone 6mg IV
##dexamethasone 6mg IV
 
##OR
or
##Hydrocotipn
 
-Hydrocotipn
 


==Source ==
==Source ==
2/22/06 DONALDSON (from Pharmacopoeia)
2/22/06 DONALDSON (from Pharmacopoeia)


[[Category:Endo]]
[[Category:Endo]]

Revision as of 05:19, 13 March 2011

Cosyntropin

  1. Before: Draw serum cortisol
  2. Time 0: ^0.25mg IM/IV over 2min
  3. Time 30: Draw serum cortisol
  4. Time 60: Draw serum cortisol & give 100mg hydrodortison IVP

^0.125mg if <2yrs old

Positive:

Negative:

Treatment

  1. Then give either
    1. dexamethasone 6mg IV
    2. OR
    3. Hydrocotipn

Source

2/22/06 DONALDSON (from Pharmacopoeia)

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