Endocrine Abstracts

A 49-year-old lady was referred by her GP with lethargy, oligomenorrhoea and persistent hypertension despite three anti-hypertensives (lisinopril, amlodipine, and atenolol). She denied exogenous steroid usage and had no other medical history.On examination, she had features of Cushing’s syndrome including plethora, moon face, central obesity and androgenisation of her facial skin. She weighed 98 kg.Overnight (1 mg) low dose de...

It is important for a specialist weight management service to provide a holistic patient-oriented assessment and treatment plan. To achieve this goal, we performed a service evaluation of the characteristics of patients with extreme and complex obesity attending a specialist weight management service. Anonymised data on 126 patients who attended the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust specialist weight management service were collected. The patients, with mean age 45.2±...