This month we discuss the PERC 35 Rule | Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency | and New Online content
This month we discuss the PERC 35 Rule | Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency | and New Online content
A 45-year-old male with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome presents to the ED with paroxysmal headaches and elevated blood pressure.
A 67-year-old lady presents to the ED with mild wheeze, frontal headache, fever and vomiting. She is hypotensive and tachycardic. You arrange to see her in Resus.
A 71-year-old female with recurrent dizzy episodes over the past 2 years.
Addison’s disease otherwise known as primary adrenal insufficiency or hypoadrenalism is a relatively rare disorder. It can affect people of any age, although it mostly occurs in women and in those between the ages of 30-50.
The spontaneous presentation of phaeochromocytoma is normally between the age of 40 and 50 years, however the hereditary forms often present in younger individuals, including children.
Describing the key features relevant to the history of phaeochromocytoma
A 43-year-old man is hypotensive, tachycardic and febrile… barn door sepsis or something else? The devil is in the detail!