Endocrine Abstracts

Postprandial hypoglycaemia in patients with cystic fibrosis (PWCF) is frequently reported but poorly understood. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the aetiology of postprandial hypoglycaemia in PWCF. Serum cortisol, insulin and C-Peptide were measured at the 2 hour timepoint of the annual glucose tolerance test in 32 PWCF not known to have CF-related diabetes. Hypoglycaemia was defined as glucose < 3.3 mmol/l. Patients were classified as Normal glucose toleran...

Introduction: We previously used an assay measuring GH levels in microgram per litre. Peak GH levels >20, 10–20 and <10 μ/l representing sufficiency, partial deficiency and deficiency of GH respectively. With a new assay introduced in 2008 peak GH levels >8, 4–8 and <4 μg/l were quoted as normal, partial deficiency and deficiency. Although the patient groups tested were different we would have expected to have approximately similar rates o...