Urgent Investigation in Suspected Pituitary Apoplexy
- Creatinine and electrolytes
- Blood glucose
- Venous blood gases and lactate
- Baseline pituitary profile: cortisol, ACTH, TSH and free T4, prolactin, growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1, luteinizing hormone, follicular-stimulating hormone and testosterone (male) or oestradiol (female)
- Full blood count
- Coagulation screen
- C-reactive protein
- Blood culture
- Urine microscopy and culture
- Chest X-ray
- ECG
- MRI brain
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