Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: Implementation of a protocol-driven, nurse-led clinic to see influence on cardiovascular risk and renal disease progression using a simple ‘ABC’ approach – target HbA1c <7%, BP <125/75 mm Hg and Cholesterol <4 mmol.Method: Weekly Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) clinic with emphasis on ABC approach and guided FLORENCE Telehealth free texting technology for medication reminders and self-monitoring of BP (machines provided)....

Background: Social deprivation is high within our large ethnic and diabetes prevalent population. Compliance is a major stumbling block in the achievement of Blood Pressure (BP) targets. Given the above, we took the opportunity to enrol with West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) Florence (Flo) Exemplar project mobile phone texting service. Flo sends advice and collects patient information which clinicians can access through any device connected to the internet...

Aim: To audit outcomes and adherence to prescription recommendations in a nurse-led Diabetic Renal Clinic.Method: Baseline data at time of referral to the clinic was compared to the final clinic visit within a 12-month period (T1) of the first visit (T0), using information from clinic letters and electronic records of patients attending the clinic in our hospital between 2010 and 2014. Patients without at least one follow-up data within a 12-month period...

Aim: To audit clinical outcomes and adherence to prescription recommendations in a diabetes renal clinic.Method: Baseline data was compared to the final clinic visit within a 12 month period, using information from clinic letters and electronic records of patients attending our hospital diabetes renal clinic in 2016 (1st January – 31st December). Patients with at least 1 follow-up within a 12 month period were included.Results...

Introduction: Our institution leads a UK, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (REVISE-Diabesity ISRCTN00151053) investigating the interaction of Endobarrier therapy, a 60 cm endoscopically implanted proximal intestinal liner, with glucagon-like peptide-1 drug therapy.Aims: To evaluate whether acquired experience could translate into establishment of an effective and safe NHS Endobarrier service in patients with diabesity.Metho...