Other Versions. Data cleansing is the process of analyzing the quality of data in a data source, manually approving/rejecting the suggestions by the system, and thereby making changes to the data.
What is a dexamethasone suppression test ? A dexamethasone suppression test can help a doctor learn the cause of a patient having high levels of the hormone cortisol. The doctor gives the patient dexamethasone, a synthetic version of cortisol, and checks the patient's urine to see how his or her body responds.
The effect of chronic alcohol abuse is questioned by some but there are clearly described cases (see review by Wood et al). Patients with simple obesity do not have an increased risk of false positive tests. The formal low dose (2 day) dexamethasone suppression test may be slightly more specific.