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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Endocrinol. 2015 Sep 4;173(6):727–737. doi: 10.1530/EJE-15-0064

Table 3.

Target Monitoring Times Following Once Daily Dexamethasone in 5 patients with Classic CAH

Once Daily Dose
TminAC (h)1 TmaxAC (h)1
ACTH 5.8 (1.9) 20.2 (4.4)
17OHP 9.4 (1.8) 17.4 (6.5)
Androstenedione 9.0 (4.8) 15.4 (8.4)
Androsterone 6.2 (2.2) 17.4 (8.7)
DHEA 3.4 (2.9) 21.4 (3.6)
Testosterone 3.8 (2.4) 20.6 (7.6)
Progesterone 6.2 (1.9) 11.8 (7.6)

Dexamethasone (Dose Range - HC equiv: 9.6 – 21.3mg/m2/day)

1

Mean (SD)

TminAC, the number of hours from dose administration to minimal adrenocortical (AC) hormone level; TmaxAC, the number of hours from dose administration to the maximal AC hormone level