Endocrine Abstracts

A 36 year old man presented with a six month history of palpitations. An ECG in a different hospital had showed a sinus tachycardia. An echocardiogram had also been performed and reported as normal. There were no apparent clinical features to suggest Cushing’s Syndrome (BMI 26 kg/m2). Resting pulse was 86/min. BP was 140/90. Examination was otherwise unremarkable.Baseline biochemical and haematological investigations including TFT, FBC we...

Introduction: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the UAE is around 20% amongst adults. Lifestyle including meal timings are different from the West and may necessitate different treatment schedules. We have used continuous glucose monitoring (CGMS) to look at glycemic patterns in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the UAE.Methods: Available CGMS data (using methods previously described) on forty-four patients (thirty-one with type 2 DM and ...