Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The recommended first-line screening tests for Cushing’s syndrome (CS) are serum cortisol after 1-mg dexamethasone suppression test (FDST), urinary free cortisol (UFC), and late-night salivary cortisol (LNSC). CS is often diagnosed late: the clinical presentation of endogenous hypercortisolism overlaps with common clinical conditions.Methods: We analyzed the diagnostic test accuracy of FDST, UFC, and LNSC in patient...

Objectives: The aim was to evaluate the iodine nutritional status in pregnant women residing in Veneto region and its associations with diet, iodine supplements and social status (nationality and education).Methods: 292 consecutive pregnant women at the third trimester of pregnancy were enrolled (≥18 years old, and resident in Veneto). Exclusion criteria were a personal history of thyroid disease and the refusal of the informed consent. Every woman...