Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Patients with hypoparathyroidism may present acutely with hypocalcaemia and these patients may have multiple admissions; however, data on the incidence of acute and recurrent acute hypoparathyroidism are scarce in the literature.Aim: We wished to determine: (1) the causes of severe hypocalcaemia amongst A&E attendances (2) the incidence of acute hypocalcaemia due to hypoparathyroidism amongst A&E attendances, and (3) the incidence of ...

Background: Patients with hypoparathyroidism may present acutely with hypocalcaemia and these patients may have multiple admissions; however, data on the incidence of acute and recurrent acute hypoparathyroidism are scarce in the literature.Aim: We wished to determine: (1) the causes of severe hypocalcaemia amongst A&E attendances (2) the incidence of acute hypocalcaemia due to hypoparathyroidism amongst A&E attendances, and (3) the incidence of ...

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) published a report called Referring Wisely in June 2017. The report asked specialty physicians for a short list of conditions they felt would benefit from specialist input in the context of acute inpatient management (recommended referrals). It also asked for a list of conditions which need not be referred (avoid referrals).Methods: We retrospectively audited inpatient referrals from our electronic inpatient referral...

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) published a report called Referring Wisely in June 2017. The report asked specialty physicians for a short list of conditions they felt would benefit from specialist input in the context of acute inpatient management (recommended referrals). It also asked for a list of conditions which need not be referred (avoid referrals).Methods: We retrospectively audited inpatient referrals from our electronic inpatient referral...

Section 1: Case history: A sixty-three-year-old Caucasian male presented with a six-week history of lethargy, emotional lability, polydipsia, polyuria, increased appetite and weight gain. He also reported changes in his facial features and widening of the gaps between his teeth. He has a background of hypertension, obstructive sleep apnoea and benign prostatic hyperplasia. On examination, the patient appeared plethoric, had coarsened facial features, mild prognathism and evide...