Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyponatraemia is the most common electrolyte disturbance, affecting 15–20% of emergency admissions to hospital. It is associated with increased mortality and length of stay in hospital. This audit was performed to evaluate how well hyponatraemia is being investigated and managed in the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU).Methods: Sodium level on admission for all patients attending AAU at Conquest Hospital over a 1-...

Introduction: Hyponatraemia is the most common electrolyte disturbance, affecting 15–20% of emergency admissions to hospital. It is associated with increased mortality and length of stay in hospital. This audit was performed to evaluate how well hyponatraemia is being investigated and managed in the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU).Methods: Sodium level on admission for all patients attending AAU at Conquest Hospital over a 1-...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common co-morbidity in patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-REF), and is associated with adverse prognosis. Subgroup analyses of randomized controlled trials suggest patients with DM benefit prognostically from beta-adrenoreceptor blockers (BB) and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi). However, it remains unclear whether escalating doses of these age...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common co-morbidity in patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-REF), and is associated with adverse prognosis. Subgroup analyses of randomized controlled trials suggest patients with DM benefit prognostically from beta-adrenoreceptor blockers (BB) and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi). However, it remains unclear whether escalating doses of these age...

There is limited research into the impact of active brown adipose tissue (aBAT) in patients with phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs). A small body of evidence has shown that patients with PPGL patients can exhibit a high prevalence for aBAT recognized as ranging between 8 - 28% without specific correlation to germline mutations. Furthermore, it has been suggested that aBAT may be linked to increased mortality. Systematic searches of the Medical Literature Analysis an...