Endocrine Abstracts

An 87 year old gentleman with type 2 diabetes mellitus was started on oral sodium fusidate for infected left middle toe ulcer. His blood test revealed Sodium 140 mmol/L, potassium 5.2 mmol/L, urea 25.3 mmol/L, creatinine 287 µmol/L, eGFR-19 ml/minute, albumin 29 g/L, adjusted calcium 2.17 mmol/L, and phosphate 0.95 mmol/L. Two days later he was admitted to hospital. Blood tests on admission showed severe hypocalcaemia with renal failure. (Sodium 146 mmol/LL, potassium 4.9...