Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Recent evidence supports the use of high dose steroids for 28 days in acute alcoholic hepatitis. We present a patient with Childs Pugh C liver cirrhosis, who developed adrenal axis suppression following such treatment. We discuss the complex aetiology and biochemistry of hypocortisolism in liver disease.Case: 48 year-old female admitted with alcoholic hepatitis, treated with a non-tapering 28-day course of 40 mg prednisolone. The patient wa...