Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionWorldwide, 100 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Patients with adrenal insufficiency (AI) are assumed, on the basis of expert opinion, to be at higher risk of infection.AimTo determine the patient reported incidence and potential risk factors of infection with COVID-19, for patients diagnosed with AI.MethodA 42 item questionnaire (inclu...

Background: The burden and management of Addison’s disease (AD) in Africa have not been well documented. We aimed to identify specific disease characteristics, patient demographics and patterns of clinical management in established AD in Africa, hypothesizing that deficiencies in diagnosis and management exist.Methods: An on-line survey of a large pool of medical practitioners’ experience from Africa and Middle East, relating to AD was conduc...