Endocrine Abstracts

A 29 year old lady with a past history of seronegative rheumatoid arthritis, Vitamin B12 deficiency, autoimmune hypothyroidism and fibromyalgia who had feeling unwell with a left sided headache for a few days had a fall at home witnessed by her friend. She was noted to be in peri arrest state by ambulance crew on their arrival. Agonal breathing was noted and monitor revealed VF. She was given 5 DC shocks with return of spontaneous circulation and regained consciousness. She wa...

A 23-year-old gentleman with a 9-month history of extreme tiredness, muscle aches and pains, weight gain, cold intolerance and constipation presented to hospital with severe lethargy and dizziness and vacant episodes of increasing frequency. Initial examination revealed him to have a pulse rate of around 66 beats per minute. He was haemodynamically stable. A resting ECG showed an elevated ST segment of more than 2 mm with descent to an upward convexity to an inverted T wave es...