Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) can only be cured by parathyroidectomy (PTX) but mild and asymptomatic cases can often be managed conservatively. We carried out a retrospective audit of patients attending the Endocrine clinic at Watford to determine how our practice compared with the different guidelines for surgical referral published in the USA and the UK.Method: A search was carried out of clinic letters from Jan 2010 to Oct 2011. Add...

Introduction: Hyperprolactinaemia associated with antipsychotic drug use is a commonly encountered clinical problem, yet no decision-making tools exist to guide whether to scan the pituitary gland.Methods: A 10-year data series was reviewed of 246 patients who were evaluated for prolactin excess with a cannulated prolactin study. All patients had a prolactin drawn immediately following the insertion of a forearm cannula (P1) and a second sampl...

Background: The Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP1RA) semaglutide has shown improvements in glycaemia and other metabolic parameters for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in clinical trials. Published real-world data are sparse and there are none from the Middle East where semaglutide became available in 2020.Method and Results: We retrospectively gathered data for 289 patients (median age 50 years (IQR 42-57), 36% female, 87% Emirati and 8...