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  • Title: The use of a cosyntropin stimulation test to predict adrenal suppression in renal transplant patients being withdrawn from prednisone.
    Author: Canafax DM, Mann HJ, Sutherland DE, Simmons RL, Najarian JS.
    Journal: Transplantation; 1983 Aug; 36(2):143-6. PubMed ID: 6308859.
    Abstract:
    Eighteen renal transplant patients were studied to identify predictors of steroid-induced adrenal suppression. A cosyntropin adrenal stimulation test was administered to each patient and the response was correlated with the past transplant course and their subsequent prognosis. Eight (44%) of the 18 patients studied had a suppressed cosyntropin stimulation test. The suppressed adrenal response could not be predicted accurately by any one factor, although a history of a total prednisone dose greater than 25 g or a duration of steroid therapy of more than 12 months occurred more often among the suppressed patients. Four of the five deaths occurred among the suppressed patients. These deaths occurred despite maintenance of steroid administration. The cosyntropin stimulation test can be easily performed to identify renal transplant patients at risk of steroid-induced adrenal suppression when rapid steroid tapering is desired. An unsuppressed response gives assurance that steroid withdrawal is safe.
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