Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Blood glucose control during pregnancy is essential in patients with gestational diabetes (GD) to prevent fetal complications. Despite advances in its control, neonatal morbidity and mortality still appears in a significant percentage of cases. The presence of GD also implies consequences for the mother, as the GD appearance in a new pregnancy and/or the future development of glucose metabolism alterations.Methods: We conducted a retrospect...

Introduction: Gestational diabetes (GD) is frequently associated with obesity and family history of diabetes. Besides these, other risks factors have been proposed, as previous GD, macrosomy or abnormal reproductive history.Methods: We conducted a retrospective comparative study including all patients diagnosed of GD during 1999 and 2008. The analyzed variables were incidence and risk factors of GD.Results: We included 384 patients...

Background: Patients with diabetes insipidus (DI) that suffer of adipsia usually are difficult to treat, and requiring close monitorization.Aim: To know long-term outcome of patients with DI associated to adipsia.Subjects: From January 1989 to December 2006 were attended five patients (two males) with DI plus adipsia, aged 32±14.64 years, range 10–51. Being the aetiology X histiocytosis, craneapharyngioma, suprasellar men...