Abstract
Monitoring urinary free cortisol (UFC) excretion helps assess adrenal function and is used to screen for endogenous Cushing's syndrome caused by an adrenal or pituitary tumor. While serum cortisol levels fluctuate in response to time of day, stress, and concentrations of cortisol-binding globulin (CBG), a 24-h urine collection measures the cortisol produced over the entire day and does not suffer from as much variability as a serum measurement.We describe here a method of measurement of urinary free cortisol (UFC) and cortisone using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Urine samples, combined with stable isotope-labeled internal standards, are extracted by liquid-liquid extraction using ethyl acetate and hexane. An API 5500 mass spectrometer operated in positive atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) mode is used for detection.
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