Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Diabetic ketoacidosis is one of the major complications in Diabetes. If not appropriately diagnosed and managed it could be life threatening. Our aim was to evaluate whether DKA was properly diagnosed, if prompt and appropriate treatment was initiated, to identify precipitants and to assess mortality.Method: We audited retrospectively patients admitted with DKA between August 2004 and August 2005. Management of DKA was audited against standard...

Introduction: There are numerous conditions which can cause elevated testosterone levels in women. PCOS being the commonest. Other causes include ovarian/adrenal androgen secreting tumours, CAH, Cushing syndrome, hyperprolactinemia, virilisation during pregnancy and finally idiopathic cause.Objectives: Our objective was to look into the way in which women with elevated testosterone were evaluated. We looked into why testosterone levels were done, who req...