Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is highly prevalent during hospitalization of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), and has been associated with increased risk of hypoglycaemia in Intensive Care Units. However, this association in non-critically ill patients is less clear and evidence on the impact of AKI’s severity and duration on hypoglycaemia is lacking.Objectives: To assess the impact of AKI and its severity and duration on the risk of hy...

Pituitary carcinomas are rare and represent a challenge in clinical practice. Most secondary tumour localizations are intracranial and spinal, followed by liver, cervical lymph node, bone and, rarely, lung. PC frequently exhibit resistance to most usual therapies and the mean survival time is usually <4 years once metastases have been identified. Ectopic ACTH Syndrome is, in up to 50% cases, caused by lung tumours including carcinoids or Small Cell Lung Carcinomas (SCLC). ...