Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adrenal crisis is a potentially life-threatening situation which can affect any patient with adrenal insufficiency (AI). Patients with AI and healthcare professionals looking after them should know the sick day rules and when and how to use parenteral hydrocortisone. Patient stories and feedback from patients with AI indicated low standards locally. We therefore aimed to empower patients through education and provide them with a hydrocortisone emergency kit.<p ...

Objectives: The audit was carried out to inform the development of a local protocol for investigation of patients with suspected sporadic phaeochromocytoma.Method: Details of all UCAT tests performed in 2006 for a catchment area of approximately 500 000 were obtained.Questionnaires were used to obtain further information about all the patients referred from primary care and secondary care patients with UCAT > upper limit of nor...