Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0066p55 | Diabetes 5 | BSPED2019

Iatrogenic cardiac arrest and severe neurological complications in DKA (diabetic ketoacidodis)

Ghauri Rooha Ijaz , Ajzensztejn Michal , Patankar Chhaya

Cardiac complications including cardiac arrest in Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) have been reported in adults but is not common in children. We present a case of a 3½ year old child with new onset Type 1 Diabetes who presented in severe DKA and went into cardiac arrest needing prolonged resuscitation after starting insulin infusion due to rapid drop of serum potassium (K+). Serum K+ on presentation was 2.8 mmol/l and dropped to 1.5 mmol/l within 2.5 h of starting insulin lea...

ea0039oc3.2 | Oral Communications 3 | BSPED2015

Unmasking of diabetes insipidus in a newborn with hypocortisolaemia after commencing hydrocortisone.

Godinho Felvira , Ghauri Rooha Ijaz , Tambe Shrinivas , Losa Ignatius

Hypopituitarism is a condition of inadequate or absent production of the anterior pituitary hormones (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/923789-overview). We report a case of newborn with hypocortisolaemia in whom starting hydrocortisone unveiled diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism.Case presentation: A term baby girl born by normal delivery to Caucasian parents presented with po...