Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Foot disease in diabetes is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Diabetic foot disease requires complex care with input from a range of healthcare professionals. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network guideline 116 recommends that all patients with diabetes and foot ulceration are seen at a multidisciplinary foot clinic. Our aim was to assess the impact on patient outcomes of introducing a multidisciplinary foot clinic within NHS Fife.<p ...

Cushing’s syndrome and obesity share clinical similarities. Here we present a 31-year-old lady with type 2 diabetes, renal failure, polycystic ovarian syndrome, depression, hirsutism and morbid obesity, whose abnormal phenotype and biochemistry normalised with weight loss.She was admitted with a history of recent onset recurrent hypoglycaemia and poor mobility. A detailed history revealed increase in weight over a 10 year period associated with irre...

Adrenal incidentaloma is a clinically silent adrenal mass detected on imaging performed for unrelated reasons. The concern is whether the incidentaloma is malignant or hypersecreting. The most comprehensive existing guidelines on investigation and management come from NIH Consensus Development Programme.We aimed to determine how many are identified by radiology over 12 months; how many of these are referred to endocrinology; how many are appropriately in...

Background: The 2013 Scottish Diabetes Survey demonstrated that only 22% of individuals with type 1 diabetes have optimal glycaemic control, defined as a HbA1c <58 mmol/mol. The 2014 Diabetes Improvement Plan in Scotland prioritised, ‘improving the care and outcomes of all people living with type 1 diabetes’. Scotland’s Diabetes Education Advisory Group has now been established. Accordingly, the Fife Insulin and Food Education for Diabetes (FIFE Diabetes) st...