No hope for HPAS screening in pediatric asthma

The authors of a South African study say that the search for a screening test for hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis suppression in corticosteroid-treated children with asthma should be abandoned after they failed to identify any parameter that is universally useful for this purpose.

Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - August 7, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news