Endocrine Abstracts

A 56 year old lady presented with a short history of neuromuscular weakness. She was dehydrated but conscious, alert and oriented and without focal neurology. Her initial blood results revealed a corrected calcium 5.02 mmol/L, phosphate 1.49 mmol/L, alkaline phosphatase 152 iu/L, urea 31.8 mmol/L and creatinine 266 micromol/L.Intravenous rehydration with normal saline and 90 mg of pamidronate was given. She received 4 litres of normal saline daily and her renal functions norma...

Hydrocortisone day curves, Salivary cortisols, timed urinary free cortisols and 24 hour urine cortisols have been used to estimate hydrocortisone replacement in hypoadrenal patients.We looked at 39 patients who had hydrocortisone day curve estimations in our hospital. 35 of those patients had simultaneous 24 hour urine free cortisol estimation. All hypothyroid patients were on adequate replacement dose of thyroxine.The commonest cl...