Endocrine Abstracts

We present the case of a patient with a diagnosis of thyroid cancer who has developed multiple, sequential autoimmune conditions. Our patient, a now 41 year-old female, was initially diagnosed with Follicular Thyroid Cancer in the context of pre-existing autoimmune hypothyroidism evidenced by serum Anti-Thyroid Microsomal antibodies as well as lymphocytic thyroiditis on post-operative histopathology. The association between autoimmune thyroid disease and Thyroid Cancer has bee...

Hypoglycaemia in hospitalised patients with Diabetes is common, confers higher morbidity/mortality, prolongs length-of-stay and increases re-admission rates. Previous audit identified adequate initial treatment of hypoglycaemia but poor subsequent management risking recurrent episodes. In March 2023, insulin prescribing moved from paper-based to an electronic medicines management process in line with other medication prescriptions in our institution. An alert for electronic pr...