Endocrine Abstracts

We present a patient with Gitelman’s syndrome who had marked symptoms of myalgia and lethargy secondary to electrolyte imbalances. Initial management with oral potassium and magnesium replacements failed and she had five to six hospital admissions a month via the emergency department for worsening symptoms and needing i.v. electrolyte replacement. Therefore, she had planned i.v. potassium replacement three times a week via the day unit instead. Although this significantly...