Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adequate hormone replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency (AI) is essential. Patients should have basic knowledge about their condition and how to minimise the change on an adrenal crisis. Education on how and when hydrocortisone replacement therapy should be adjusted together with instruction and practice an emergency injection are considered important measures to prevent a crisis. A nurse-led group-based education programme (GEP) was developed, and given fr...

Introduction: Adequate hormone replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency is essential. Patients should have basic knowledge about their condition and what to do in situations which could trigger an adrenal crisis. Education on how and when hydrocortisone replacement therapy should be adjusted as well as instruction and practice an emergency injection are considered important measures to prevent an adrenal crisis. A standardized nurse-led group-based education programme (GEP...