Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Carcinoid crisis, as an entity is poorly defined, but can be seen in patients with small bowel NET tumours after open bowel surgery or tumour unrelated procedures as cardiovascular instability (CI). Recent evidence suggests that cardiovascular instability (CI) during NET surgery is more common than previously considered.Aims and methods: We audited the incidence of CI during procedures and determined the relationship to perioperative octreo...