Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: We report two cases of thyrotoxicosis with use of anti-thyroid medications via rectum in elderly patients where oral or naso-gastric route was unavailable.Discussion: Case 1: An 86-year-old woman was admitted in July 2007 with confusion associated with agitation and tachycardia. She had a known history of thyrotoxicosis. At the time of this admission, the TFTs were once again found to be abnormal (Table 1) and she was started on PTU. During ad...