A-Z of Endocrine Diagnostic Tests

A Adrenal Venous Sampling for Aldosterone Androgen Levels Angiography Arginine Stimulation Test Arterial Stimulation with Venous Sampling Autonomic Function Tests B Basal Acid Output (BAO) Bilateral Simultaneous Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling (IPSS) with CRF Bone Marrow Aspirate C C-peptide Suppression Test Calcium Infusion Test for Medullary Cancer of the Thyroid Captopril Test Clomiphene Test Clonidine Suppression Test Combined Pituitary Function Tests (CPT) Cortisol Day Curve (Cushing's Syndrome Only) CRH Test D E Exercise Test F Fasting Test Fine Needle Aspiration of a Thyroid Nodule (FNA) Finger Size Assessment G Gastric Acid Secretion Glucagon Test Glucose Tolerance Test Gonadotrophin Releasing Hormone GnRH/LHRH Test H High Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test Hydrocortisone Day Curve (HCDC) Hydroxycorticosterone (18-OHB) and -cortisol (18-OHF) Tests Hyperaldosteronism Investigations Hyperparathyroidism Investigations I Insulin Tolerance Test Insulin:Glucagon Ratio Intravenous Secretin Test Investigating Systemic Mastocytosis Ischaemic Lactate Test J K L Long Synacthen Test Low Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test M Measuring Skin-fold Thickness MIBG Scan N O Octreoscan Operative Management of Pituitary Tumours Oral Glucose Tolerance Test for Acromegaly Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test P Pentagastrin Test for Medullary Cancer of the Thyroid Pentolinium Suppression Test Percutaneous Trans-hepatic Portal Venous Sampling Peripheral Venous Sampling for Ectopic Sources of ACTH Petrosal Sinus Sampling Post Operative Investigation of Thyroid Carcinoma Posture Studies Pro-insulin and C-peptide Prolonged Supervised Fast Q R Radioactive Iodine Test S Screening for Ovulation Selective Arterial Injection for the Localization of Gastrinomas and Insulinomas Selenium Cholesterol Scanning for Conn's Tumours Short Synacthen Test Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy T Technetium Scan Therapeutic Trial of ddAVP Thyrotrophin Releasing Hormone (TRH) Test Tolbutamide Test U Ultrasound V Visual Field Testing (Goldmann perimetry) W Water Deprivation Test