Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Radioiodine is used for the treatment of Thyrotoxicosis when medical treatment (anti-thyroid drugs) has failed or cannot be tolerated and surgical treatment is not an option. Our previous audit in 2011 demonstrated substantial adherence to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) guidelines for Radioiodine treatment, but one patient was lost to follow-up. It was recommended that we improve our re-call system. We aimed to re-audit our service.<p ...

Introduction: Radioiodine is used for the treatment of Thyrotoxicosis when medical treatment (anti-thyroid drugs) has failed or cannot be tolerated and surgical treatment is not an option. Our previous audit in 2011 demonstrated substantial adherence to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) guidelines for Radioiodine treatment, but one patient was lost to follow-up. It was recommended that we improve our re-call system. We aimed to re-audit our service.<p ...

Introduction: Hyponatraemia following surgery is usually due to a mismatch between fluid input and output peri- and post-operatively. Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is another important cause of hyponatraemia, commonest cause being medications, and intrathoracic and intracranial infections and neoplasia. SIADH has been reported to occur after pituitary surgery but rarely after other types of surgery. We present a severe case of SIADH-related h...