Endocrine Abstracts

Enteral feeding is a common indication for inpatient consultation among inpatients with diabetes. Multiple different insulin regimens to treat hyperglycaemia resulting from this are in clinical use. In this practical session, we, review recent consensus guidelines from the Joint British Diabetes Societies (2024) and the Endocrine Society (2022), the evidence behind these recommendations, the differences between them, and describe a practical approach to managing glycaemic cont...

Living with diabetes should not be seen as a constraint to travelling especially across time zones. This session will aim to increase health care professional’s confidence and knowledge in enabling people living with diabetes to travel confidently and safely. It will examine up to date guidelines in this area and highlight practical aspects of long haul flying when it comes to diabetes medication. This session will discuss the self-management techniques that people with d...

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Hypertriglyceridaemia is a commonly encountered scenario in clinical practice. Rare monogenic disorders can cause severe hypertriglyceridaemia, but more commonly, elevated triglycerides are secondary to a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental factors. Common secondary causes include obesity, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, alcohol misuse, nephrotic syndrome and various medications. An important first step to management is addressing these factors, before cons...

Talk summary - Frailty is a frequent non-vascular complication of diabetes and usually has more importance than other diabetes complications in terms of functional loss and survival. Only until fairly recently has frailty been measured in UK healthcare systems. This short lecture will discuss common frailty measures, primary care and hospital pathways for management, goals of therapy glycaemic targets, and specific issues in glucose lowering....

Diabetes distress is the emotional distress that results from living with diabetes and the burden of relentless daily self-management. Severe diabetes distress affects around one of four people with type 1 diabetes, one in five people with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes, and one in ten people with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes. Greater diabetes distress is associated with suboptimal diabetes self-management and impaired general emotional well-being. This talk will highl...