Endocrine Abstracts

A 67-year-old lady was admitted through her General Practitioner with a history of reduced oral intake & unresponsiveness. She was diagnosed to have an insulinoma in 2012 and has been on diazoxide 75 mg thrice daily as she was deemed to be unfit for any surgical intervention. On clinical examination, she was pyrexial, tachycardic, hypoxic and had an initial GCS of 3. She was noted to have shingles on her chest & right basal coarse crackles.On adm...