Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To determine patient outcomes following radioactive iodine (I131) therapy in a UK district general hospital for the treatment of benign thyroid disease.Methods: A record of all patients at University Hospital Hairmyres (Scotland, UK) undergoing radioactive iodine therapy for benign thyroid disease was kept. Patients were identified using a unique community health index (CHI) number. A retrospective case note review was then carried out fo...

An 82 year old lady was admitted under the general medical take with a fall and reduced consciousness. She had a history of two previous trans-sphenoidal surgeries for Cushing’s disease 30 years prior, with subsequent cranial diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism. Trans-sphenoidal surgery failed to control her cortisol excess, and resulted in a bilateral adrenalectomy. Medication history included full hormone replacement therapy including oral desmopressin 100 mg thre...

An 87 year old lady with a background of longstanding cognitive impairment was referred to our service with biochemical evidence of primary hyperparathyroidism. The patient had past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, hypothyroidism, ischaemic heart disease and primary hyperparathyroidism (under observation in a neighbouring health board). There was no pharmacological cause for cognitive impairment identified. Following acute admission after a fall with ...

Aim: To determine the association between recorded inpatient glycaemic variability and long-term mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus.Methods: Inpatient capillary blood glucose (CBG) readings from eight acute hospitals were included. Data was analysed from first admission within the dataset with >4 measured CBGs. 28 353 admissions were identified (24 181 type 2 DM, 4,172 type 1 DM). Matching parameters were: age, diabetes duration, admission ...