Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To determine if inpatient hypoglycemia management in our trust is compliant with NICE guidelines and understand the conundrums in documentation and treatment of the hypoglycemic episodes.Method: Retrospective audit on all patients admitted in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary who had hypoglycemic episode(s) in March 2021 which were picked up by wireless-enabled central capillary blood glucose monitoring system (cobas)1.R...

Introduction: Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte abnormality seen among hospitalised patients. We describe below, an inpatient seen with severe hyponatraemia.Case description: 71yr old gentleman with no co-morbidities, admitted with acute confusion and slurred speech. Physical examination: Observations: Temperature 35C, heart rate 53/min, otherwise stable. GCS 15/15, no focal neurolo...