Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Pineal germ cell tumors are rare in adulthood. It usually comes to medical attention due to mass effect. Endocrine manifestations are also prominent in the clinical presentation and may precede neurologic symptoms.Clinical case: We report the case of a 30-year old male who presented with a 6-month history of bitemporal headache, doubling of vision and nonprojectile vomiting. Recall revealed that he exhibited symptoms of panhypopituitarism as ...

Background: Functioning metastasis from a primary thyroid cancer are exceedingly rare. Failure to proceed to hypothyroidism after total thyroidectomy denotes remaining hormone production from functioning metastasis. Radioactive iodine ablation will ablate these remaining tissues. We present the case of a patient with follicular thyroid cancer, lung metastasis and detectable thyroid hormones after thyroidectomy.Clinical presentation: The patient is a 71-y...

Introduction: The recommended strategy for glycemic control among critically ill is i.v. insulin adjusted via a standardized insulin protocol. Critical to its success is acceptance of the implementing staff. In our hospital, we adapted and modified the Yale insulin infusion protocol (IIP). Evaluation of medical staff experience has not yet been done.Objectives: To evaluate medical staff experience and acceptance of the IIP through a survey and focused gr...