Endocrine Abstracts

A 91year-old woman was admitted after collapsing at home. She was an ex-smoker with history of chronic obstructive airway disease (COAD), atrial fibrillation , osteoporosis and colonic polyps. On examination, she had clinical signs of chest infection with normal blood pressure and no significant postural drop .Blood glucose was 2.6 millimoles pre litre on admission. Further serial plasma glucose estimations revealed persistant fasting hypoglycaemia( 1.9 to 2.6 millimoles per l...