Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
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To evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness, and safety of intravenous exenatide to control hyperglycemia in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). ⋯ Intravenous exenatide is effective in lowering glucose levels in CICU patients, but its use may be limited by nausea.
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Rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD) is a rare disorder that mimics both common obesity and genetic obesity syndromes along with several endocrine disorders during early childhood. We aim to present the clinical features, laboratory and imaging results, and treatment outcomes of a patient with ROHHAD syndrome. ⋯ Because of the high prevalence of cardiorespiratory arrest and probability of accompanying tumors, early recognition of ROHHAD syndrome is important. To prevent presumptive mortality and morbidity, ROHHAD syndrome should be considered in all cases of rapid and early-onset obesity associated with hypothalamic-pituitary endocrine dysfunctions.