Endocrine Abstracts

A 34-year old lady presented in the postpartum period following her 3rd pregnancy with severe hypertension. Her first two pregnancies were 3 and 5 years previously where she delivered via elective Caesarean section without any complications. During this pregnancy which was a twin pregnancy, her antenatal care was mainly unremarkable but on specific questioning, she reported increased sweating for a period of 4 months. Her blood pressure was noted to be normal during her antena...

Introduction: Hyponatraemia is the commonest electrolyte disturbance encountered in the clinical practice. However, its initial evaluation is commonly found inadequate. We conducted a retrospective audit on evaluation of inpatient hyponatraemia in a large district general hospital.Study methodology: Retrospective data of patients admitting with or who developed moderate to severe hyponatraemia during the hospital stay were collected over 4 week’s pe...