Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyperhidrosis is a debilitating disease that has a significant impact on quality of life. There is limited research and gudelines on the investigations and management of hyperhidrosis.Aims: To assess if investigations and treatment of hyperhidrosis meets NICE CKS July 2013 guidelines.Method: The term ‘hyperhidrosis’ was used as a keyword search on an electronic patient record. Letters were restricted to those ...

Joint UK guideline (2006) recommends that routine testing of thyroid function (TFT) in patients admitted acutely to hospital is not warranted unless specific clinical indications exist. Despite this, TFT is frequently requested during acute medical admission. In our previous audit in 2002, during a 1 month period from 18th September, 458 subjects were admitted to medical assessment unit (MAU) and 183 (40%) were offered TFT. 39 (29%) results were beyond the laboratory reference...

Joint UK guideline (2006) recommends that routine testing of thyroid function (TFT) in patients admitted acutely to hospital is not warranted unless specific clinical indications exist. Despite this, TFT is frequently requested during acute medical admission. In our previous audit in 2002, during a 1 month period from 18th September, 458 subjects were admitted to medical assessment unit (MAU) and 183 (40%) were offered TFT. 39 (29%) results were beyond the laboratory reference...