Endocrine Abstracts

Severe hyperkalemia post adrenalectomy is documented in the literature but not actively sought after in high risk post-operative patients.Case: Fifty-one year old woman with a 12 year history of hypertension and hypokalemia. Her BP was controlled with amlodipine 10 mg OD. Serum aldosterone was 2832 pmol/l with undetectable renin activity leading to aldosterone to renin ratio (ARR) >28 000 pmol/l per ng/ml per h. Creatinine was 75 μmol/l with eGF...