Evaluating tertiary adrenal insufficiency in rheumatology patients on long‐term systemic glucocorticoid treatment

Patients with rheumatic diseases are often treated with prolonged, high-dose systemic glucocorticoids which can cause hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis suppression and development of tertiary adrenal insufficiency. Adrenal insufficiency carries the risk of serious, potentially life-threatening adrenal crisis. Our study evaluated the prevalence, characteristics and recovery of patients with underlying rheumatology conditions who had...