Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity is a major health problem and a risk factor for the development of other diseases. However, there are morbid obese subjects of long evolution that can be considered metabolically healthy obese, whose existence is in doubt for many clinicians.Objetive: To analyze if there are differences in cardiovascular risk between metabolically healthy (MHO) and sick obese (MSO), matched by age, sex and body mass index (BMI).<p class="abstext...

Aim: To describe the prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance and diabetes in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) depending on the diagnostic criteria.Methods: Observational, cross-sectional, clinical research on patients with CF evaluated at Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía (Córdoba).Results: Twenty-eight patients were selected for the study. Age: 31.85±8.78 years, with a CF evolution time of 21.77±9.37 years....

Background: Malnutrition affects 30-50% of patients with hematological malignancies; it is due to the disease itself, the treatment-related catabolic process and chemo-or radio-therapy side effects (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and mucositis). Patients with poor nutritional status have increased morbidity (treatment complications, infections, mucositis) and mortality.AimTo evaluate the nutritional status of all patients that underwent hematopoietic stem ce...

Aim: Evaluate results of bariatric surgery by using the Bariatric analysis and reporting outcome system (BAROS) scoring systemPatients and methods: Observational clinical study of consecutive cases of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in Reina Sofia University Hospital (Córdoba, Spain) and clinical follow-up in the Endocrinology service between January and December 2018. Statistical analysis performed with SPSS 24th version.<p class="abstext...

Introduction: Disease-related malnutrition is one of the main factors associated with morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. Furthermore, maintaining and improving muscle mass and function are important to achieve an optimal nutritional status. In this sense, the role of leucine-enriched essential amino acids supplementation for the therapeutic approach to the promotion of muscle anabolism stands out.Methods: 46 cancer patients with malnutrition rec...