Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyponatremia (HN) is the most common electrolyte disorder of hospitalized patients. It occurs in up to 28% of in-patients, is more common in the elderly and patients with multiple co-morbidities, increases the in-hospital risk of death by 1.47-fold, and is associated with significantly higher mortality risk following discharge. The HN Registry is the first large-scale, international effort to document the clinical characteristics, choice of therapies, and impact of...

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) may lead to deficiency of fat soluble vitamins such as vitamin D; little is known of the extent of this in chronic pancreatitics.In order to assess the extent and severity of vitamin D deficiency in CP we examined the notes of 111 patients with CP. In addition to clinical information and calcium, vitamin D and PTH levels, exocrine function was evaluated using the PABA test to obtain a pancreatic excretion index (PEI: normal &#62...

Introduction: Thyroid carcinoma in childhood is rare, but may present with distant metastases. We present an unexpected diagnosis of follicular–variant papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC) presenting to acute services with cyanosis.Case report: An 11-year old boy presented to A&E with a two month history of cyanosis, worse with exertion, but not associated with respiratory distress or limitation of exercise tolerance. He had peripheral cyanosis, ...