Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The thorough investigation and prompt management of hypoglycaemia is crucial in determining the diagnosis and preventing associated morbidity and mortality. Delay in obtaining blood samples during the ‘Golden Hour’ of hypoglycaemia, and sampling incorrectly or insufficiently may result in missed diagnosis and necessitates readmission for a fasting glucose profile. This audit was undertaken to evaluate the successful implementation of hypoglycaemia scree...

Introduction: There is evidence that an early morning plasma cortisol (EMC) below <160 nmol/l is predictive of failing the SST and the corollary is seen with an EMC above >340 nmol/l. Using an EMC to screen patients for AI has been advocated, although there is a paucity of paediatric studies. Modern sensitive and specific cortisol assays make deriving local diagnostic thresholds important. We analysed our SST data since the introduction of a new cortisol assay to deriv...