Dear Colleagues Please save the date for Irish Endocrine Society Annual Study Day 26th Jan 2024 at RCPI, Kildare Street, Dublin. We have an exciting programme with a line-up of distinguished speakers/experts in Diabetes & Endocrinology Fidelma dunne Prof Derek O'Keeffe Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

CAUSES OF HYPERFERRITINEMIA (1) Inflammation (2) Iron overload (3) Ferritin leak (4) Congenital hyperferritinemia (5) Tumor secretion (malignancy-associated inflammation a more common cause) (6) Reduced clearance (theoretically) See PMID: 29672840

1/8 SERUM FERRITIN Ferritin serves to store/sequester iron inside cells. Small amounts of ferritin are found in the serum and their levels are used clinically in the ddx of anemia and as an indicator of iron overload or inflammation.

New Clinical Chemistry podcast: Eight Misconceptions about Prostate-Specific Antigen buff.ly/3tZ7tr8

KDIGO is pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Read the news release: kdigo.co/CKD-Guideline-… Download the guideline: kdigo.co/2024-CKD-Guide… Read the guideline in Kidney

Our review on the rising tide of Iatrogenic Adrenal insufficiency Julie Martin-Grace featured in NRE this month!

Proud to have The Daisy Clinic in The Coombe Hospital shared at Maternity & Midwifery Forum all Ireland midwifery festival today in the Helix by our ADOM Ann McEntyre!

When we published our study <evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/EV…> of ODS and hyponatremia we were pummeled for including people at low risk of ODS because we included Na levels between 120 and 130. They said it is well known "that ODS is incredibly rare/non-existent at those levels." 1/4

Today we celebrate National HSCP Day 2024. 0ur Clinical Biochemists and all HSCP colleagues work tirelessly in partnership to deliver high quality patient care #HSCPDay2024 #HSCPDeliver #Integratedcare National HSCP Office, HSE Dr Colm Henry, CCO HSE Ireland @DonnellyStephen Bernard Gloster Fiona Steed

Northern lights over The Coombe Hospital last night ☺️

Edmund has chest pain. The doctor orders troponin, a cardiac test for detecting heart attacks, and it’s positive. Diagnosis: heart attack. In reality, Edmund had a pulmonary embolism. Doctors will never discover this error. Follow the thread to understand the “troponin trap”.

Ann Bowron - there is no change in ammonia increase over time for samples on ice vs those at room temperature. Samples with an initial higher ammonia level showed LESS change over time. No benefit to transportation of ammonia samples on ice! #BIMDG24 @BowronAnn

Nicki minaj needs to step away from being obsessed with Megan, her concert in Dublin last night was a complete disaster, people are calling it the worst concert ever, 2 hours late, played for 40 minutes, and lip synced most of the songs.

Direct-to-consumer testing as consumer initiated testing: compromises to the testing process and opportunities for quality improvement - Read on degruyter.com/document/doi/1… De Gruyter Brill ➡️ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

🔥 Study evaluated a new approach to derive #reference #intervals using only 30 subjects and biological variation data. #LabMedX #PathTwitter 👇 buff.ly/48kDkCA

🎊As we look forward to welcoming delegates to our annual conference this week, the ACBI celebrates an important milestone: 60 years since our foundation in 1964 🎊 National HSCP Office, HSE EFLM IFCC&LM

Hesitate when you hear methemoglobinemia?? I promise, I ll make it a piece of cake for you. Here you go. Learn and live , students and residents. Easy peasy😇 #MedTwitter