Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) or latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA).Methods: Observational transversal clinical study in patients with DM1/LADA. Nutritional assessment was performed using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), dynamometry, ultrasound of rectus femoris muscle and subcutaneous fat tissue, functional tests and laboratory parameters. Statistical analysis was performed ...

Objective: Flash glucose monitoring (FGM) facilitates non-invasive glucose level assessment. Since November 2020 this system is subsidized in patients with type 3c diabetes (DM3c) Our objective was to describe the characteristics of these patients and their glycemic control expressed as times in range.Methods and patients: Observational longitudinal clinical study between January 2021 and January 2023 in patients with DM3c.Results:...

Background: Low muscle mass and obesity in surgical patients are a prevalent phenomenom that is associated with outcomes such as higher surgical an clinical complications and poor. However, the significance of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in the liver transplantation (LT) population remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of low skeletal muscle mass, muscle quality and sarcopenic obesity on patients awaiting LT.Method...

Objective: Preclinical studies have shown that DPP-4 inhibitors (iDPP4) have beneficial effects on functional mass of beta cells and pancreatic insulin content. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of treatment with sitagliptin in monotherapy or in combination with insulin in person with type 1 diabetes (DM-1) or type LADA diabetes (DM-LADA) of recent diagnosis.Patients and methods: Descriptive study: patients with DM-1 or DM-LADA in treatme...

Aim: Describe the control of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in patients with diabetes and myocardial infarction (MI) as well as their treatment and control.Patients and methods: Observational retrospective study of a cohort of patients with diabetes admitted to the cardiology department because of a MI between November 2015 and November 2016. Statistical analysis performed with SPSS 24th version.Results: 421 patients admitted b...

Introduction: Thyroid nodules are very common in the general population (20–75% ultrasound). There are clinical management criteria established by international societies and standardized cytological diagnostic criteria (Bethesda). However, there is still uncertainty in the management of category 3 (follicular lesion of undetermined significance). Objectives: To evaluate the clinical attitude to the cytological diagnosis of Bethesda category 3 (B3) in thyroid fine-needle ...

Aim: To describe the follow-up of adrenal incidentalomas (AI) classified as non-functioning and no suspicious for malignancy in the first approach.Patients and methods: Observational retrospective study of a cohort of patients who consulted in the Endocrinology service between 2005 and 2015 because of an AI. Statistical analysis performed with SPSS 19th version.Results: Two hundred and one patients with IA were firstly evaluated. T...

Objectives: Pregnant women who are overweight or obese have an increased risk of complications during pregnancy, as do pregnant women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). The objective of this study is to describe the prevalence of overweight/obesity in pregnant women with DM1, and associated complications.Patients and methods: Retrospective descriptive study of pregnant women with DM1 (2004–2014). Variables analyzed: age, initial body mass index (B...

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....

Objective: Obesity and overweight persist in patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) in remission, its persistence seems to be related to the duration of the disease. The aim of this study was to describe the persistence of overweight/obesity in patients with CD in remission and their relation to the duration of the disease.Patients and methods: Descriptive study of patients with CD (1995-2015). Variables analyzed: age, sex, body mass index (BMI), time...