Endocrine Abstracts

We describe the symptoms and review the laboratory findings in a case of patient with Mauriac syndrome.A 19 years old Type 1 diabetic male with past history of multiple admissions to intensive therapy unit (ITU) with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in a period of 3 years was admitted to ITU with DKA. On his examination protuberant abdomen with hepatomegaly, cushingoid feature, normal BMI and growth impairment were seen. His sexual development was normal. He ...

Low glycaemic index (GI) diet and gut hormones such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and peptide YY (PYY) have been shown independently to reduce appetite. However, the direct relationship between a single meal of low or high GI and the levels of these hormones has not been studied. In this study we looked at the short term effects of a single low or high GI meal on plasma levels of GLP-1, PYY and insulin.King’s College London’s research ethi...

Ramadan is a month for Muslims during which they abstain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to sunset. The recommendations regarding the safety of fasting for type 2 diabetic patients have been based on expert opinion rather than evidence based medicine and sometimes controversial. In this study, we looked at the effect of Ramadan fasting on glycaemic control of type 2 diabetic patients on oral hypoglycaemic agents.Eighty-eight diabetic patients...