Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Most cases of hypopituitarism are due to pituitary tumours or their treatment. Surgery is the treatment of choice in cases of pituitary adenomas which account for 90% of sellar and parsellar lesions. We present an unusual case of a non-adenomatous pituitary mass presenting with panhypopituitarism.Case: A 56-year-old male with background of sickle cell trait and hypertension presented with syncope, lethargy and nausea. He had an 18-month histo...

Background: Diabetes and hypertension are among leading causes of premature adult deaths in India. Innovative approaches such as electronic clinical decision support systems (DSS) could play major role in improving quality and access to diabetes and hypertension care at primary care settings.Objective: The main objective of this study is to develop an innovative tablet-computer based DSS namely “m-WELLCARE”, and other essential support healthca...