Endocrine Abstracts

This will be a personal reflection by an ‘experienced’ clinician who has spent much his consultant career in clinical management including 4 years as Medical Director of a large Acute Trust. I will try and highlight the advantages and benefits of being involved in clinical management for you the Clinician, the Trust and your Patients. I will also outline some of the problems and pitfalls that can arise but I will focus on how this career choice can be developed and b...

This will be a personal reflection by an ‘experienced’ clinician who has spent much his consultant career in clinical management including 4 years as Medical Director of a large Acute Trust. I will try and highlight the advantages and benefits of being involved in clinical management for you the Clinician, the Trust and your Patients. I will also outline some of the problems and pitfalls that can arise but I will focus on how this career choice can be developed and b...

We present a 46 year old female referred in 1990 with hirsutism, hypertension and irregular menses. She was not overweight at 50.3 kg. The facial hair was controlled with electrolysis; blood pressure controlled with Enalapril and Bendrofluazide.Initial biochemistry showed an elevated LH/FSH ratio (19.6:4.2 U/L), raised testosterone (3.9 nmol/L), high DHEA (14.7 umol/L) SynACTHen test revealed a significant increase in 17-hydroxyprogesterone basal 3.9 nmo...