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Introduction: The management of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) requires specific expertise and understanding in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Patient education and support is an integral part of this health care process, from the delivery of a diagnosis and explanation by medical staff to the more detailed education provided by nurses in order to help families understand the practical aspects of management.Background: For parents, the initi...

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Comparison of glucose, peak growth hormone & peak cortisol levels during insulin tolerance testing with two different doses (0.15 vs 0.10 U/kg)

Yeoh Phillip

The Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT) is the gold standard test to assess growth hormone (GH) and ACTH reserve. This dynamic test induces hypoglycaemia and is commonly performed by endocrine nurses using different insulin doses -commonly 0.15 U or 0.10 U/kg. As part of a quality and safety improvement initiative we conducted a retrospective study to address several questions relating to ITT insulin dose. ITT results (n=148) were retrieved from two large endocrine testing c...

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Cooperation between an endocrine nurse, psychologist and physician and their role in the care of depression in patients treated with multi kinase inhibitors due thyroid cancer

Rozanska Alina

The treatment with multi kinase inhibitors (MKI) under clinical trials due to advanced thyroid cancer (TC) may postpone moving on the patients with advanced disease to the palliative care stage. However, chronic and escalating somatic symptoms during the treatment may promote the appearance of depressive reactions. It can be expected that a cognitive image of the disease, as a collection of subjective beliefs concerning patients own illness and treatment, will be an impo...

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Endocrine Abstracts

20th European Congress of Endocrinology

Nurse Sessions

Nursing Management of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH): - Education, Managment and use of Multi-Media Technology

Comparison of glucose, peak growth hormone & peak cortisol levels during insulin tolerance testing with two different doses (0.15 vs 0.10 U/kg)

Cooperation between an endocrine nurse, psychologist and physician and their role in the care of depression in patients treated with multi kinase inhibitors due thyroid cancer

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