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19th European Congress of Endocrinology

Lisbon, Portugal
20 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

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Clinical practice overlap and seamless care – diagnosis and management of hypothyroidism in patients with diabetes mellitus

Shelestova Elena

Today diabetes (DM) is one of the largest global health emergencies. Each year a large number people live with this condition. Currently there are more than 422 mln people with DM worldwide. DM is one of the major public health problems in Georgia. Number of people with DM is on the rise, though no exact statistical data for Georgia exist. Diabetes Atlas (International Diabetes Federation, 2015) gives diabetes prevalence for Georgia of 7.9%, though these data are extrapolated ...

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Clinical practice overlap and seamless care – links between hypogonadism, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes

Dwyer Andrew

There is a bi-directional relationship between hypogonadism and type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome (T2DM/MetS). Studies show that up to 50% of men with MetS/T2DM have testosterone deficiency. Moreover, both hypogonadism and MetS confer increased health risk for morbidity and mortality. Men with MetS are twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease and have a fivefold higher risk for developing T2DM. Notably, the inverse relationship between testosterone and MetS i...

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Clinical practice overlap and seamless care – challenges in the management of patients with Cushing’s syndrome and diabetes

Kerstens Mies

This lecture focuses on, a patient with Cushing’s syndrome cased by bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. After adrenal surgery, there are major challenges in the care for this patient, that will be addressed: challenges in medical treatment (cortisol withdrawal and change of medication in hypertension en diabetes mellitus) as well as challenges in coaching (misconceptions in diabetes mellitus treatment, fears, educational needs with respect to hypercortisolisme and hypocortisol...

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Clinical practice overlap and seamless care – at risk of two endocrine emergencies: the patient with type 1 diabetes and Addison’s disease

Sjoberg Sofia

Patients diagnosed with Addison’s disease and diabetes mellitus type1, has a rare combination of two autoimmune conditions. Two diagnosis that requires a great deal of self-care. Patients have a potential risk to induce endocrine emergencies such as diabetic hypoglycemia, adrenal crisis and diabetic ketoacidosis. The lack of lifesaving hormones can put the patient in potential life threatening situations. I’ll share my experience in meeting these patients. Brief phys...

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Nurses professional development and networking session – obstructive sleep apnea and comorbidities in patients with pituitary adenomas

Yedinak Christine

Short sleep duration and insomnia have been linked to higher risk of cardiovascular disease and CVD related mortality. Likewise, obstructive sleep apnea has been shown to confer a higher cardiovascular risk and is reported to be associated with 52-70% of acute myocardial infarctions and strokes. Hypertension (HTN), diabetes (DM), weight gain, sleepiness, fatigue and depression have all been correlated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Patients with pituitary adenomas (PA), p...

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Nurses professional development and networking session – utilising the competence framework to develop the role of endocrine nurses in adrenal insufficiency

Kirchner Janina

The competence of endocrine nurse in the treatment of adrenal insufficiency (AI) is defined by the competence framework. Here is distinguished into Competent, proficient and expert. In these points, the nurse’s knowledge is presented and gives a good overview of already acquired knowledge and things to be learned. With the acquired knowledge the endocrine nurse is intended to treat, train and support patients with AI as far as possible. Due to differences in the health sy...

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Nurses professional development and networking session – hybrid training of nurses in/for the endocrinology; train the trainer with help of e-learning modules

Beun Johan

Adrenal insufficiency is a rare adrenal disorder that can be made more complicated by an adrenal crisis even to a life-threatening situation. An adrenal crisis occurs when the body has a shortage of the hormone cortisol. If the patient does not receive the correct treatment an adrenal crisis can be fatal. This can be avoided by correctly and carefully following the ‘stress instructions’ (also known as ‘sick day rules’). A significant percentage of patients ...

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Update on diet and lifestyle throughout lifespan to improve health – prevalance and treatment of vitamin D deficieny in children

Musson Pauline

A number of factors have been associated with the apparent increase in children with vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in developed countries: increased awareness, increased migration, children living with chronic illness or disabilities, effects of medication (e.g. glucocorticoids, anticonvulsants), use of sunscreen, changes in lifestyles and a rise in childhood obesity. The clinical features of VDD vary with age and degree of deficiency and importantly, calcium deficiency is now re...

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Update on diet and lifestyle throughout lifespan to improve health – sexual hormones and bone, a close link throughout lifespan

Papadakis Georgios

Bone health is increasingly recognized as a crucial factor for quality of life. Osteoporosis, defined as bone impairment leading to an increased risk of fracture, is an important source of morbidity and even mortality in later life. Both male and female achieve the peak bone mass at around the age of 25 years. This peak is significantly lower in case of puberty and/or growth disorders, thus increasing the risk of osteoporosis later in life.Discussion: Ou...

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Update on diet and lifestyle throughout lifespan to improve health – osteoporosis and prevention of fractures: nurses can a play key role

Van Ooswaard Marsha

Treatment of osteoporosis is all about prevention of fractures. It relies on a combination of approaches, including adjustments to the patient’s diet and lifestyle, pharmacological therapy, and patient education. Changes to the patient’s diet and lifestyle typically involve: optimizing calcium and vitamin D intake and exercise levels, cessation of smoking and reducing alcohol consumption. Pharmacological therapies used to treat osteoporosis by reducing the fracture r...