Endocrine Abstracts

The Society for Endocrinology Nurse Committee provides national, international and local guidance, support and networking for nurses working in Endocrinology. Following review and revalidation of the endocrine nurse certificate, the Nurse Committee looked to explicate adult endocrine nurse competencies. The need for core competencies to standardise role expectations was a concern voiced from nurses and committee members. Up to the introduction of paediatric endocrine nurse com...

Frequent measurement of blood glucose among hospitalized patients including those in critically ill areas is routinely practiced. Evidence suggests that tight glycaemic control among hospitalized patients reduced complications such as sepsis and has been shown to reduce length of stay. Most commercially available devices have not been assessed in critically ill patients, furthermore point of care (POC) glucose testing among paediatric populati...

Frequent measurement of blood glucose among hospitalized patients including those in critically ill areas is routinely practiced. Evidence suggests that tight glycaemic control among hospitalized patients reduced complications such as sepsis and has been shown to reduce length of stay. Most commercially available devices have not been assessed in critically ill patients, furthermore point of care (POC) glucose testing among paediatric populati...

Introduction: There were concerns voiced by health care professionals (HCPs) that restrictions to healthcare delivery during the pandemic has resulted in delays in diagnosing T1D in CYP. Most CYP present with symptoms of T1D to primary care. Delay in diagnosis increases the risk of potentially life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). In Cardiff, we piloted QI initiatives pre-pandemic to improve early diagnosis which was introduced across the Children and Young People&#146...

Introduction: Acromegaly is caused by excessive growth hormone production and elevated IGF-1 levels. Annual incidence rates are reported to be between 0.2 and 1.1 cases/100 000 people, with a prevalence of 2.8–13.7 cases/100 000 people. Small numbers make it difficult to differentiate any differences between sex. A recent increase in the number of females diagnosed with acromegaly at our centre, voiced a need for peer and psychological support. It is known that acromegaly...

Concerns on the noncomparibility of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) methods have recently been voiced (Cantor T et al; Clin Chem 2006, 52, 1771–6). It is therefore important that any new iPTH immunoassays are thoroughly validated before routine use. We describe performance characteristics for an iPTH immunoassay on the ARCHITECT 8200i analyser as compared with iPTH measurement on the Diasorin LIAISON platform. Potassium EDTA plasma samples (n=80) we...