Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hypocalcaemia post parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy is common and usually transient. A variety of drugs including tyrosine kinase inhibitors can cause hypocalcaemia. We present a case where a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism on imatinib with pre-op calcium 2.86 mmol/l, post-operatively developed resistant hypocalcaemia necessitating prolong hospitalisation and multiple calcium infusions which was not solely attributable to hungry bone syndrome.<p cla...

Background: The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated with higher fatality in respect of male sex, advancing age, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, climatic factors and, in the UK and North America, with darker-skinned ethnicities; in all of which circumstances vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is more common. 25(OH)D levels reach their nadir at the end of winter and have been associated wit...