Endocrine Abstracts

Over the past few years the number of children identified with vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency across the UK has increased. The Department of Health has recently reiterated the guidance for practitioners regarding at risk groups requiring surveillance and treatment recommendations. An audit in 2011 demonstrated that 30% of the children presenting to the paediatric orthopaedic service with musculoskeletal symptoms had vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency.<p class="abste...

The National Health Service and Nursing are currently facing challenging times. Continuing austerity measures combined with healthcare reform and a climate of professional uncertainty often results in nurses having to justify their existence.The quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) initiative sets out how the National Health Service is to make efficiency savings whilst improving the quality of care that patients receive. With the appro...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) and MEN) are distinct clinical and genetic entities.This talk will cover the key clinical features and surveillance strategies for each of these conditions....

Not another blood test !Living as a teenager with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.Brother and sister Joel (18 years) and Hope (14 years) Russell-Winter share their respective experiences of being diagnosed as teenagers with the rare condition multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.They believe that the needs and experiences of teenagers are sometimes forgotten during hospital testing, consultations and treat...