Endocrine Abstracts

Case History: A 71-year old male, who had been on amiodarone therapy for many years, was receiving Levothyroxine therapy due to amiodarone-induced hypothyroidism. He was subsequently found to have thyrotoxicosis, which remained after levothyroxine discontinuation. He had type 2 diabetes and ischaemic cardiomyopathy and had an implanted cardiac defibrillator due to multiple VT arrests. Amiodarone therapy had contributed to stabilisation of his cardiac arrhythmias and had contin...

A 70-year-old lady, with a background of primary hypothyroidism presented to the Emergency department with a 1 day history of confusion and drowsiness. On examination her HR was 58 bpm, temperature 28 degrees celsius. She was resuscitated with warm fluids and bair hugger, whilst also given broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics. Her blood results showed an AKI with creatinine of 213 and was treated for a NSTEMI with a troponin on admission of 1770, rising to 2190. ECG showed p...