Endocrine Abstracts

Glucose lowering treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes aims at reducing hyperglycaemic symptoms, preventing acute hyperglycaemic crisis and delaying the onset and progression of microvascular complications. The impact of glucose control on cardiovascular complications remains uncertain, however, a modest benefit is likely to be present.The cornerstones of treatment remain education, motivation and counseling on healthy eating behavior and moderate p...

Objective: To evaluate the value of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) test in the diagnosis of central hypothyroidism (CH) in patients with pituitary disease.Methods: Systematic evaluation of 368 TRH tests including measurements of TBG corrected thyroxine (T4corr), baseline TSH (TSH0) and fold and absolute TSH increase (TSHfold, TSHabsolute) in patients with pituitary disease.Result...