Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyponatraemia is the commonest inpatient electrolyte disturbance, and its severity has been shown to correlate with in-patient mortality, length of stay, and use of hospital resources. Unfortunately, hyponatraemia goes frequently unrecognised. The purpose of this audit was to see how a tertiary health centre manages hyponatraemia and how patient journey is affected.Goals: To identify hyponatraemic patients in a tertiary centre in a 2-week t...

We present an interesting case of Heparin induced hypoaldosteronism associated hyperkalemia in a 69 year old man with a prosthetic heart valve requiring a right sided nephrectomy for a liposarcoma. His persistent hyperkalaemia failed to respond to conventional treatment initially but a switch to Warfarin and use of oral Fludrocortisone was effective in normalisation of observed high renin and low aldosterone levels. Early and timely recognition of Heparin induced hypoaldostero...