Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To define a basal Cortisol threshold that could potentially predict the outcome of short synacthen test (SST) and thus reduce the need for performing SST in patients with low clinical probability for adrenal insufficiency.Methods: We analysed SSTs done at our hospital in non-critically ill general medical and endocrine patients, who had abnormal 0900 h Cortisol levels (n=110, male-45, female-65) between January 2016 to March 2016. The SST w...

Background: A 58-year-old male known to have hypertension since 2002 was initially treated with Furosemide and Bendroflumethiazide but was stopped due to hypokalemia. Blood pressure was controlled with Ramipril, Atenolol, Doxazocin and Amlodepine. He was found to be persistently hypokalemia ranging from 2.7 to 3.3 mmol/l.Investigations: Aldosterone: 250 ng/l, renin: <2.3 mU/l, aldosterone:renin ratio: >108, 24 h urine catecholamines×2: norma...