Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The available questionnaires for the detection of hypoglycemia are designed for patients with type 1 Diabetes (T1DM), and do not take into account some characteristics of patients with type 2 Diabetes (T2DM). For instance most of T2DM patients do not perform capillary blood glucose self-monitoring as part of their daily treatment and hypoglycemia might be underestimated. Nevertheless, hypoglycemia can have a negative impact on T2DM patients, in terms of increasin...

Introduction: Morbid obesity (MO) is a major global public health problem, associated with a significant economic burden, both due to its high prevalence and the number and severity of its comorbidities. MO is associated with a high degree of difficulty to lead a normal social and working life. Weight loss is effective in decreasing these risks and to reduce disease severity. Bariatric surgery (BS) is an effective therapy for sustained weight loss and for the improvement of th...