Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Diagnostic definition and therapeutic interventions for nodular thyroid disease represent a high healthcare cost and their consequences may have a negative impact on quality of life of patients. This guideline aims at providing a reference for the management of non-functioning, benign thyroid nodules causing local symptoms in adults outside of pregnancy. The purpose is to standardize the treatment, based on the evidence provided by the GRADE method and the expertise of a ...

Background: Thyroid nodules are the most common endocrine pathology. Due to the widespread use of imaging modalities, mostly ultrasound, the incidental finding of thyroid nodules has increased, reaching a prevalence of 50-60% in adults. Diagnostic definition and therapeutic interventions represent thus an increasing cost for health system. In patient with benign thyroid nodule causing local symptoms, hemithyroidectomy with isthmectomy or total thyroidectomy are the recommended...

Introduction: In patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the prevalence of osteoporosis is higher in comparison with the general population. Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) use seems to be a possible risk factor there is also high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among people living with HIV.Objectives: To describe bone mineral density (BMD) status in HIV-infected patients as well as its associated risk factors such as vit D levels.</...