Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Recent evidence favours the use of TRAB in patients with hyperthyroidism (a) at presentation to identify the aetiology and predict outcomes (b) at the time of withdrawal of medical therapy to predict remission and (c) during pregnancy. However, If TRAB is not requested at an appropriate time, it may not help, may mislead or add to cost.Aim: To review the current process of requesting TRAB in line with available evidence and identify areas for...

Presentation: A 32-year-old woman was brought to the Emergency Department following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. CPR was started by a neighbour and on arrival, she was found to be in ventricular fibrillation (VF). She received 4 DC-shocks and reverted to atrial fibrillation with fast ventricular rate and staged a full cognitive and haemodynamic recovery. She had a 10-year history of Graves’ thyrotoxicosis for which she was on Carbimazole but remained uncontrolled du...

Objective: To compare FreeStyle Libre Glucose management indicator (GMI) with HbA1c and fructosamine and assess factors related to the difference.Methods: Persons with type 1 diabetes on FreeStyle Libre from a single diabetes centre whose sensor was active >70% of the time were included. Baseline characteristics, latest HbA1c, fructosamine, full blood count, total protein and albumin were collected from medical records. Ambulatory glucose profile dat...