Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Patients taking corticosteroids for immune suppression are vulnerable to adrenal crisis during intercurrent illness or if steroids are stopped abruptly. Although patients on glucocorticoids for adrenal failure are routinely provided with sick day rules, we wished to ascertain whether patients on immunosuppressive steroids are appropriately counselled.Aim: This study sets out to compare patient awareness of steroid sick day rules in endocrine ...