Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To determine if inpatient hypoglycemia management in our trust is compliant with NICE guidelines and understand the conundrums in documentation and treatment of the hypoglycemic episodes.Method: Retrospective audit on all patients admitted in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary who had hypoglycemic episode(s) in March 2021 which were picked up by wireless-enabled central capillary blood glucose monitoring system (cobas)1.R...

Introduction: Prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide. As a consequence the number of people undergoing bariatric surgery is also on the rise. Hypoglycaemia is increasingly seen in patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery and we have successfully managed most of them. Here we describe our experience in dealing with one of the patients with disabling hypoglycaemia.Case-report: A 35-year-old woman with BMI of 41.87 kg/m2 had Roux...

Introduction: Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte abnormality seen among hospitalised patients. We describe below, an inpatient seen with severe hyponatraemia.Case description: 71yr old gentleman with no co-morbidities, admitted with acute confusion and slurred speech. Physical examination: Observations: Temperature 35C, heart rate 53/min, otherwise stable. GCS 15/15, no focal neurolo...

Introduction: Women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) may complain of various symptoms and consequently be seen by clinicians in a range of settings. Management is multifactorial and may vary depending on the awareness of practitioners within each specialty/subspecialty. In 2015, the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) published guidelines on the management of POI. These state that women should have the following investigations: karyotype; s...