Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Knowledge about end-user perceptions is important to ensure educational resources have maximal impact.Objective: To understand school children’s perceptions and ideas about three endocrine topics.Methods: This activity was done as part of Society for Endocrinology public engagement grant. Years 5 and 6 school children (aged 10-11 years) from Nonsuch Primary School in Birmingham were invited to create posters on t...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine conditions affecting women of reproductive age. Recent studies have shown several long term comorbidities associated with PCOS, thus making it essential that all physicians, regardless of training and specialty, understand and empower women with PCOS to adopt evidence-based behavioral changes. This study set out to establish an understanding of evidence-based lifestyle management of PCOS and the current pract...

Background: Biochemical biomarker DT is used clinically for prognosis prediction in several solid malignancies. The aim of the current analysis was to determine whether biomarker DT has any prognostic utility in patients with NETs.Methods: Patients with NETs (n=184) were enrolled in a prospective study with comprehensive biochemical analysis. The current analysis included subjects with increasing 5-HIAA levels in at least two consecutive measure...

BackgroundPolycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive, endocrine and metabolic disorder. The UK National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends evaluating emotional wellbeing in women with PCOS. Therefore, we conducted a health service evaluation to assess emotional wellbeing.MethodsWe invited women with PCOS via social media to complete an online survey in September 2020, sup...

Aim: We evaluated the emotional wellbeing and lifestyle advice received by people with PCOS in comparison to National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and international guidelines. Methods: Patients attending fertility clinics at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham between October 2020-May 2021 and in India between March 2021-May 2021 were invited to complete surveys before and after attending clinic. Pre-clinic survey had questions on demographics, Hospital Anxi...

Background: The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends evaluating emotional wellbeing in people with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).Objectives: To study differences in various aspects of emotional wellbeing among young women with and without PCOS.Methods: Women aged 18-24 years old at the University of Birmingham were invited to complete an online survey. The survey included validated questionnaires in...

Parathyroid UK is a national patient organisation committed to improving the quality of life for everyone with parathyroid disorders. We provide information and support to empower our 5,000 members affected by a parathyroid condition to become active in the management of their condition. In Primary Hyperparathyroidism too much parathyroid hormone is produced by one or more enlarged or overactive parathyroid glands, causing hypercalcaemia. This impairs quality of life and incre...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects 10% of women and is associated with a 2-3fold risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, fatty liver and cardiovascular disease. Androgen excess has been implicated as a major contributor to metabolic risk in PCOS. We aimed to identify PCOS sub-types with distinct androgen profiles and compare their cardiometabolic risk.Methods: We cross-sectionally studied 488 tre...

Background: Image reconstruction is a key step for the accurate interpretation of positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Nuclear medicine phantoms play a critical role in this process. However, existing phantoms (based on simple geometric shapes) do not reflect the complexity of sellar/parasellar anatomy. We therefore created a novel pituitary phantom and examined the impact of image optimisation on the detection of microadenomas, using 11C-methionine PET s...

Introduction: Existing educational resources for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have limited inclusion of patient perspectives. We invited people with PCOS to share their lived experiences to understand their perception and opinion on the current standard of care.Methodology: Women aged 18-60 years with PCOS were invited to complete an online survey in April and May 2021. The survey had open questions focused on people’s lived experiences with PCO...