Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenal crisis due to primary adrenal insufficiency may result in severe morbidity and mortality if undiagnosed or ineffectively treated. Main manifestations are hypotension (>90%), hyponatremia (70–80%), and hyperkalemia (30–40%), while hypoglycemia is rare. An unusual case of a septic patient with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia with hypoglycemic coma as first manifestation of acute adrenal insufficiency is presented.Case pre...