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Late-night salivary cortisol is convenient but should be repeated and interpreted cautiously in patients with diabetes, sleep disturbance, or acute illness; urinary free cortisol may be falsely low in chronic kidney disease; and dexamethasone suppression testing requires careful review of interacting medications and, in selected cases, dexamethasone levels. Management should be based on etiology and functional status rather than chronological age. Fit older adults should generally be offered standard curative therapy, whereas vulnerable or frail patients may benefit more from staged, less invasive, or symptom-directed treatment. 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