Endocrine Abstracts

Dementia describes a set of symptoms such as memory loss, difficulties with thinking, problem solving or language. Vascular dementia is a second most common type of dementia, rare under 65 year old. I report a case of 57- year-old woman with diagnosed dementia vascularis in Neurology department. Beside neurological diagnostic methods(brain scan-CT, MRI, Color Doppler of carotids, she had hypercalcaemia (2.96–3.04 mmol/l; normal range 2.20–2.60) as high calciuresis/24...

Introduction: Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder that occurs in 15-30% of hospitalized patients. It is manifested by a wide range of clinical changes, from very mild to life-threatening conditions. Hyponatremia in the elderly is mainly caused by drugs (thiazides and antidepressants), SIADH or endocrinopathies. The paper presents a patient with severe hyponatremia after surgery of subdural hematoma and oxcarbazepine therapy.Case report: ...