Endocrinology
Olivia G Taylor, Tessa L Weir, Sarah J Glastras Background Obesity in pregnancy presents significant health risks for both the mother and child, with increased rates of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), preeclampsia, caesarean section and large-for-gestational-age (LGA)1. The current WHO classification of obesity2 does...
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Purpose Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) refers to post-viral inflammation of the thyroid. SAT is typically characterised by an episode of thyrotoxicosis, followed by a period of hypothyroidism and ultimately return to euthyroidism. There are emerging case reports describing SAT post-SARS-CoV-2 infection.1,2,3,4 This is an evolving...
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Context: Adrenal crises (AC) are episodes of severeadrenal insufficiency (AI) with hypotension.They cause morbidity and mortality inpatients with Addison’s disease . AC is defined byhypotension and symptoms and signs of AI,which includes confusion, acute abdominalsymptoms, and electrolyte abnormalities.Misclassification of AC episodes is...
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