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Lower costs with ambulatory fludrocortisone suppression test vs. in-patient testing

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ambulatory fludrocortisone suppression testing for primary aldosteronism has similar accuracy compared with ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

A Review of Similarities and Differences Between 2 Different Cough Tests

Physicians may be able to better identify patients with chronic cough using the combination of 2 coughing tests. Researchers found the combination of the cough suppression test and the cough challenge ...
Healio

Confirmatory testing ‘not reliable’ for making primary aldosteronism treatment decisions

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A seated saline suppression test had a high false-negative rate for predicting response to primary aldosteronism ...
Renal & Urology News

False-Negative Rate High for Seated Saline Suppression Test for Primary Aldosteronism

Overlap in post-SSST aldosterone concentrations measured between treatment responders and nonresponders. (HealthDay News) — The four-hour seated saline suppression test (SSST) is associated with a ...
Medscape

Confirmatory Test for Primary Aldosteronism May Slow Care

For patients who already have a positive result on a screening test for primary aldosteronism (PA), confirmatory testing with the seated saline suppression test (SSST) adds little to the diagnostic ...