Endocrine Abstracts

Phaeochromocytomas are rare catecholamine secreting tumours with an incidence of 1:4500–1:1700 in the United States. Doxazosin and Phenoxybenzamine are alpha-1 selective and non-selective alpha blockers respectively which are commonly used to treat this condition peri-operatively. There are no randomized controlled studies comparing the effectiveness of these two medications. However, there are retrospective studies comparing these two medications; some favouring alpha-1 ...