Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyponatraemia is commonly encountered in clinical practice in the context of multiple pathology and marked morbidity. A study was conducted to examine the quality of clinical assessment, care offered and frequency of specialist opinion sought in hospital in-patients with severe hyponatraemia (<120 mmol/l).Audit standards included assessment of fluid status, measurement of ‘baseline investigations’ (urinary sodium and paired os...

We describe the case of a 70-year-old lady presenting with marked, symptomatic hypercalcaemia.Past medical history was of insulin-treated Type 2 Diabetes, macrovascular disease and chronic renal impairment.On admission, corrected calcium was noted to be 3.53 mmol/l with a paired PTH within normal range (4.3 pmol/l, range 1.6–9.3). Further questioning revealed a history of weight loss but no other clinical features specifically...