Endocrine Abstracts

A 57-year lady with a history of hypertension for which she was taking bendroflumethiazide and ramipril presented with a 1 week history of worsening frontal headache and vomiting. Twenty-four hours prior to admission she became confused, had photophobia, slurred speech and was unsteady. On examination she had a Glasgow coma score of 12, was apyrexial, normotensive, tachycardic and confused. Fundoscopy was normal. There was no neck stiffness and no cranial nerve palsies. Initia...

Objective: To investigate the insulin response during a 5 hour Oral Glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in subjects with and without symptoms of reactive hypoglycaemia.Methods: 12 patients with suspected reactive hypoglycaemia were studied. After fasting from midnight, they were given a 75 g glucose drink at 9 am the following morning. Plasma glucose and insulin levels were measured at baseline and at 30 minute intervals for 5 hours. Relative insulin increase,...