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Our #residents got to learn about #syncope & #adrenalinsufficiency today from Rising Chief @LizzyHastie, Chief @photon_ick, & Endo-enthusiast @tsantoscavaiola!!
Check out some highlights below we wanted to make sure we shared with our #MedEd peeps on #MedTwitter!!
Check out some highlights below we wanted to make sure we shared with our #MedEd peeps on #MedTwitter!!
Don’t forget about adrenal insufficiency!! For patients with things like #syncope or #hypotension, it’s easy to forget about cortisol as a cause! While things like dehydration, infection, & other things may be more common overall… AI is #treatable, so make sure you catch it!!
Primary AI = #adrenal glands themselves are the problem. This means #cortisol AND #aldosterone will be low, while #ACTH AND #Renin will be very elevated in attempt to remedy this!
This is 1/14 of a thread summarising the major Arlt Lab outputs in this very special year, highlighting the Postdocs and PhD students delivering impactful work in most difficult circumstances - and all our fabulous collaborators around the globe!
First 2020 output, spearheaded by visiting clinical research fellow Alberto Tresoldi with important contributions @DiabetesUK Sir George Alberti Fellow @AlePreteUoB - fabulous collaboration with @Nirantharakumar - read the paper #openaccess here academic.oup.com/jcem/article/1…
Next Arlt Lab 2020 output led by @VChortis with important contributions from @IrinaBancos @LC_Gilligan @Angela_E_Taylor - made possible by interdisciplinary collaboration with computer scientist @MichaelBiehl13 - read the paper #openaccess here academic.oup.com/jcem/article/1…
Some nice learning tips from a case report on #AdrenalInsufficiency
I wish all articles had them!
1. It is important to include primary adrenal insufficiency in the differential diagnosis for significant hyponatraemia even with the absence of hyperkalaemia.
I wish all articles had them!
1. It is important to include primary adrenal insufficiency in the differential diagnosis for significant hyponatraemia even with the absence of hyperkalaemia.
2. Hypo-osmolar hyponatraemia with urine osmolality greater than serum osmolality and urinary sodium excretion >20 mmol/L, typically seen in syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), can also be seen in adrenal insufficiency, due to increased vasopressin secretion.
3. Ketonuria is seen in patients with hyponatraemia secondary to adrenal insufficiency, not SIADH. The urine ketone test is an easy point-of-care test to differentiate between these two causes of hyponatraemia.
