Is the Correlation between Salivary Cortisol and Serum Cortisol Reliable Enough to Enable Use of Salivary Cortisol Levels in Preterm Infants?

Am J Perinatol. 2017 Nov;34(13):1302-1305. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1603345. Epub 2017 May 15.

Authors

Harish Amin¹, Katherine Wynne-Edwards², Parthiv Amin³, Ruokun Zhou², Arun Sundaram¹, Tania Martinez-Soto⁴, Danièle Pacaud⁴

Affiliations

¹ Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
³ UME, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 28505678
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603345

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adrenal Insufficiency / diagnosis
Alberta
Biomarkers / blood
Chromatography, Liquid
Female
Humans
Hydrocortisone / analysis*
Hydrocortisone / blood*
Infant, Extremely Premature / blood*
Infant, Newborn
Linear Models
Male
Saliva / chemistry*
Specimen Handling
Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

Biomarkers
Hydrocortisone