Table 2.

Endocrinological investigation: rapid cosyntropin stimulation test in January 2018 (day 6 after admission)

	Time (min)
	0	30	60
Cortisol (μg/dl)	< 0.2	1.0	1.4
Aldosterone	5.7	14.1	16.5

Blood samples were taken at 0 (just before) and at 30 and 60 min after synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone 1–24 (cosyntropin hydroxide 0.25 mg) was intravenously administered in the morning (9 a.m.). The patient had a low plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone level (2.3 pg/ml) and low plasma renin activity (< 0.2 ng/ml/h) just before cosyntropin administration