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- Insulin_tolerance_test abstract "An insulin tolerance test (ITT) is a medical diagnostic procedure during which insulin is injected into a patient's vein to assess pituitary function, adrenal function, and sometimes for other purposes. An ITT is usually ordered and interpreted by endocrinologists. Insulin injections are intended to induce extreme hypoglycemia below 2.2 mmol/l (40 mg/dl). In response, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and growth hormone (GH) are released as a part of the stress mechanism. ACTH elevation causes the adrenal cortex to release cortisol. Normally, both cortisol and GH serve as counterregulatory hormones, opposing the action of insulin, i.e. acting against the hypoglycemia.Thus ITT is considered to be the gold standard for assessing the integrity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Sometimes ITT is performed to assess the peak adrenal capacity, e.g. before surgery. It is assumed that the ability to respond to insulin induced hypoglycemia translates into appropriate cortisol rise in the stressful event of acute illness or major surgery.This test is potentially very dangerous and must be undertaken with great care. A health professional must attend it at all times.Other provocation tests which cause much less release of growth hormone include the use of glucagon, arginine and clonidine.".
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- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink ACTH_stimulation_test.
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- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Adrenal.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Adrenal_cortex.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Adrenal_crisis.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Adrenal_gland.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Adrenal_insufficiency.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Adrenocorticotropic_hormone.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Arginine.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Category:Blood_tests.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Category:Pediatrics.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Clonidine.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Combined_rapid_anterior_pituitary_evaluation_panel.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Coronary_artery_disease.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Cortisol.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Counterregulatory_hormone.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Endocrinologist.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Endocrinology.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Epilepsy.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Glucagon.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Gold_standard_(test).
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Growth_hormone.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Hypoadrenalism.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Hypoglycemia.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Hypopituitarism.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Hypothyroidism.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Insulin.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Intravenous.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Intravenous_therapy.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Ischemic_heart_disease.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Panhypopituitarism.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Pediatric.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Pediatrics.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Pituitary.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Pituitary_gland.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Surgery.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLink Triple_bolus_test.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLinkText "Insulin tolerance test".
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageWikiLinkText "insulin tolerance test".
- Insulin_tolerance_test hasPhotoCollection Insulin_tolerance_test.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Diabetes.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Insulin_tolerance_test subject Category:Blood_tests.
- Insulin_tolerance_test subject Category:Pediatrics.
- Insulin_tolerance_test hypernym Procedure.
- Insulin_tolerance_test type AnatomicalStructure.
- Insulin_tolerance_test comment "An insulin tolerance test (ITT) is a medical diagnostic procedure during which insulin is injected into a patient's vein to assess pituitary function, adrenal function, and sometimes for other purposes. An ITT is usually ordered and interpreted by endocrinologists. Insulin injections are intended to induce extreme hypoglycemia below 2.2 mmol/l (40 mg/dl). In response, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and growth hormone (GH) are released as a part of the stress mechanism.".
- Insulin_tolerance_test label "Insulin tolerance test".
- Insulin_tolerance_test sameAs m.02pml81.
- Insulin_tolerance_test sameAs Q6042263.
- Insulin_tolerance_test sameAs Q6042263.
- Insulin_tolerance_test wasDerivedFrom Insulin_tolerance_test?oldid=660554243.
- Insulin_tolerance_test isPrimaryTopicOf Insulin_tolerance_test.