Endocrine Abstracts

A 25-year-old lady with poorly controlled type I diabetes presented acutely with vomiting, peripheral oedema and abdominal distention.She was diagnosed with type I diabetes at the age of 12 and her glycaemic control has always been suboptimal predominantly due to poor compliance with the treatment. She had had numerous admissions with diabetic ketoacidosis in the past.On examination a tender hepatomegaly was noted. The investigatio...

This lady with a background of schizophrenia and depression, on long term lithium therapy, initially presented in 2002, at the age of 53, with acute renal failure and symptoms of lithium toxicity secondary to sepsis. Lithium level measured at the time was 2.5 mEq/l and her creatinine 314 μmol/l. She was normocalcaemic on admission. The patient was hospitalized on ICU and the treatment included ventilation, haemofiltration and inotropic support.On 10...