Endocrine Abstracts

A 28 year old man with a background of hypothyroidism presented to hospital following a collapse. He had a one week history of unrelenting vomiting with malaise. On examination, he appeared dehydrated and was profoundly hypotensive with a blood pressure of 56/25 mm Hg. General examination was otherwise unremarkable. The blood tests demonstrated acute kidney injury with serum creatinine 227 mmol/L and hyponatraemia with serum sodium 130 mmol/L. His potassium was within normal l...