Endocrine Abstracts

A 50-year-old man presented with a week history of feeling unwell and urinary symptoms. He was confused. His wife gave H/O 2 stone weight loss. Recent investigation for haematuria showed 3.6 cm bladder tumour. He underwent TURBT and the histology was awaited. No other significant PMH or family H/O. Not on any medication and was an ex-smoker.Initial investigations showed leucocytosis and evidence of UTI. CXR showed chronic fibrotic changes. As a part of c...

Isolated change in serum TSH concentration occurs in 15% of hospitalised patients in response to non-thyroidal illness or various drugs, which interfere with thyroidal synthesis and secretion, thyroid hormone metabolism and absorption. Significant change in concentration of either suppressed (<0.1 mU/l) or elevated (>10 mU/l) TSH level is seen in 1–2% of them but only less than half have underlying thyroid disorder.UK Guideline for use of TF...