Endocrine Abstracts

Jane Dreaper is a long-standing BBC health correspondent, reporting on medical research and the NHS for radio, TV and the BBC News website. In this session, she’ll talk about how health journalists work - and what she needs for her audiences when she interviews scientists or asks them for information and background....

Jane Dreaper is a long-standing BBC health correspondent, reporting on medical research and the NHS for radio, TV and the BBC News website. In this session, she’ll talk about how health journalists work - and what she needs for her audiences when she interviews scientists or asks them for information and background....

Medical Education as an area of scholarship has been gathering a head of steam over the past 10 years. Academic colleagues have been increasingly interested in developing the evidence base with which to support innovations in medical education.One of the areas which lends itself well to research is examinations and assessments of students and trainees.This presentation will provide some background theory about current best practise...

The physiological adaptations associated with energy deficiency contribute to menstrual cycle disturbances. The downstream effects of both energy deficiency and hypoestrogenism synergistically impair bone health, leading to low bone mineral density, compromised bone structure and microarchitecture, and ultimately, a decrease in bone strength. Low bone mineral density is frequently observed among exercising women and anorexic women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) ...

Discussion of environmental factors in the development and maintenance of obesity has overwhelmingly focused on the effects of an energy-dense and plentiful food supply and an environment conducive to physical inactivity. In recent years, however, an increased understanding of epigenetics has led to an explosion of interest in the mechanisms through which environmental exposures can exert an influence on energy intake and energy expenditure. Upward trends in domestic winter in...

Oestrogen implants are one method of delivering hormone replacement therapy to post-menopausal women. The use of such implants has been associated with the phenomenon of tachyphylaxis, where menopausal symptoms return before the next implant is due, even in the presence of normal or high serum oestrodiol levels. It has been suggested that intervals as long as one year should be left between implants and that trough oestrogen levels should be measured prior to implantation....

Insulin is a life-saving drug but can be life threatening if not prescribed properly. A prospective, consecutive audit of insulin prescription was carried out on all medical and surgical patients admitted to South Tipperary General Hospital with types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus in November 2013. The practice was compared with hospital guidelines which are consistent with other hospitals nationally. Three prescribing practices were audited: i) the prescription of insulin on insu...

A 61-year-old gentleman, with a background of chronic schizophrenia, presented with hyponatraemia in 2008 and was diagnosed with Addison’s disease. He had two previous admissions with hyponatraemia in 2002 and 2006. During his first admission his hyponatraemia was attributed to volume depletion secondary to vomiting, and he responded to fluid resuscitation. On the second occasion, SIADH (syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone) was diagnosed secondary to antipsycho...

The NHS long-term plan made a commitment to annually treating 1000 children and young people living with severe obesity and complications of excess weight. Facilitated by the children’s and young people’s transformation programme at NHSE this has become a reality. This presentation will talk you through the design and delivery of a national programme unlike any before it....

Background: A 59 year old woman presented with recurrent symptoms of catecholamine excess (episodic headache and sweating). She was initially diagnosed in another centre to have a right adrenal phaeochromocytoma in 2002. She had suggestive symptoms, elevated urine catecholamines and a right adrenal mass on CT Adrenals. MIBG was however negative and they had proceeded with a right adrenalectomy and histology confirmed a phaeochromocytoma. She also had type 2 DM, anxiety and deg...