Competency information
Details
Perform the analyses to laboratory standard operating procedures on patients with:
- primary hypo- and hypercortisolism
- secondary hypo- and hypercortisolism
- hyperaldosteronism
- disorders of adrenal steroidogenesis
- adrenal androgen excess
- disorders of the adrenal medulla.
Considerations
- The clinical symptoms, biochemistry, diagnosis and monitoring of replacement therapy in common adrenal disorders, including:
- Cushing’s syndrome
- Conn’s syndrome
- Addison’s disease
- congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- adrenal androgen-secreting tumour
- phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma.
- Differential diagnosis of common adrenal endocrine disorders using dynamic function tests, including:
- short synacthen test
- depot synacthen test
- dexamethasone suppression test
- corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) test
- adrenal vein sampling.
- The role of imaging in the diagnosis of adrenal disorders.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform the range of laboratory techniques used in the workplace to investigate endocrine disorders and diabetes. |
| # 2 | Outcome Undertake clinical and laboratory investigation and management of the following endocrine pathologies: pituitary, thyroid, gonadal and adrenal disorders; endocrine disorders of calcium metabolism and the gastrointestinal tract; and endocrine causes of obesity. |