Endocrine Abstracts

We are reporting a 33 years old female, known case of primary adrenal failure who presented to our emergency department feeling generally unwell, lethargic and short of breath, She found to be hypothermic, hypotensive and hypoglycaemic. ECG showed low voltage QRS complex with prolonged QT intervals and ECHO confirmed moderate to severe left ventricular dysfunction with features of ’broken heart’ and ballooning suggestive of Takusobo cardiomyopathy. In our case report...

Introduction: C-peptide is frequently used in clinical practice to estimate insulin secretion, and guide need for future insulin treatment. Present practice is based on studies with small patient numbers.Aim: To explore the association between non-stimulated c-peptide and progression to insulin therapy in patients with diabetes.Patients and Methods: 1971 patients with c-peptide measurements were identified (February 2007–Decem...

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is associated with significant morbidity and a reduction in life expectancy. National guidelines have been developed to support the management of adult patients with TS but little is known about their implementation. We therefore sought to compare the management of patients with TS seen within a single tertiary referral centre by endocrinology, either general-purpose or Turner-specific clinics (TSC), or by other specialties.<p class="abstex...

Background: Dapagliflozin was the first SGLT2 inhibitor licensed in UK to improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes. Whilst it has not been studied for use in combination with GLP1 agonists the modes of action of the two therapies suggest they would be a logical therapeutic combination. We aimed to evaluate clinical experience with this regimen.Methods: Observational retrospective data was collected from electronic patient records (SCI–diabetes) ...

Background: Dapagliflozin was the first SGLT2 inhibitor licensed in UK to improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes. The study aimed to assess impact of dapagliflozin on glucose, weight and BP and identify factors predictive of glycaemic response in a large cohort.Methods: Observational retrospective data collected on all patients prescribed dapagliflozin across primary and secondary care in two Scottish health board areas. HbA1c, weight, BP and conco...

A 37-year-old Asian lady was diagnosed with T3 N1b Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid and operated in 1999. Post operatively she developed hypoparathyroidism and has been on regular calcium and thyroid hormone replacement.She was on her 5th pregnancy this year. She had 2 previous Caesarian sections and 1 normal vaginal delivery. She was referred to Good Hope Hospital for obstetric care & local tertiary centre for investigation of hypocalcaemia having...

Recent data suggest that critically-ill medical patients might not obtain as much benefit from insulin therapy as cardiothoracic patients. This may be because medical patients are more insulin resistant. We have investigated this in both groups.10 medical patients (age 67.0±4.4 y; 7M:3F, BMI 24.0±1.7 kg/m2; studied within 36 hours of admission to the ICU) and 7 post-operative cardiothoracic patients (age 71.4±3.8 y; 5M:2F, BMI 2...

Suppression of excess androgen production poses a considerable clinical challenge in the management of patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Whilst the major route of androgen synthesis in humans is the classic pathway via androstenedione and testosterone, the relative contribution of the alternative pathway originating from 17-hydroxyprogesterone to androgen excess in CAH has not been defined. Androgen effects of both pathways are elicited in androgen target tis...