Endocrine Abstracts

81-year-old ex-smoker presented to emergency with transient facial droop, slurring of speech and generalized weakness. He had a background of ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and previous bladder cancer (treated 5 years ago). Examination revealed clinical signs of hypocalcaemia with no cushingoid features. Bloods revealed refractory severe hypokalemia, severe hypocalcaemia with normal phosphate, and metabolic alkalosis requiring High dependency Unit.<p class="abstext"...