Endocrine Abstracts

Endocrine diagnostic tests have long taken place in centres both with and without dedicated endocrine units. Problems with reliability have however been encountered, including difficulty in interpretation, the need for repeat tests with an inevitable delay of diagnosis, poor cost effectiveness and added stress to the patient. With the advent of the Endocrine Nurse post at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, the endocrine diagnostic tests were reviewed. To optimise the quality of the...