Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Metabolic bone disease of prematurity (MBDP) is characterized by decreased bone density as a result of insufficient mineral deposition in the bones of premature babies. Although the primary cause of MBDP is different from one case to another; either hypocalcaemia or hypophosphataemia, the main current practice is to treat it with phosphate supplements.Objectives: To emphasize the rule of parathyroid hormone and vitamin D investigations in MBD...

Background: Nutrition of the children and young people with type 1 diabetes mellitus is considered a major aspect of glycaemic control and it represents a big challenge in their management. Among the different perspectives of nutritive interventions for diabetic children, there has been a debate over the recommendation of low glycaemic index diet for them. There has been debate over the efficacy of Low GI foods on diabetic patients blood glucose control. Nevertheless, Evidence...

Introduction: hyperparathyroidism is usually diagnosed at a pauci or asymptomatic stage. However, in rare cases, the diagnosis is made at the stage of major threatening hypercalcemia. This diagnostic delay may be responsible for complications such as chronic end stage renal disease (CRRD).Observation: we report the case of a 64-year-old patient referred to the endocrinology department for primary hyperparathyroidism, with no particular family history and...

Background: Kidney diseases and cardiac diseases can affect each other. Patient with renal failure have many cardiac problems specially heart failure, anemia of CRF is resistant to treatment with iron or even blood transfusion and erythropoietin therapy gives good results as the failing kidney can not synthesize itThe previous published data showed that EPO treatment in patients with cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) anemia led to reverse ventricular remodeling...

Hyperthyroidism is a common medical disorder that is not infrequently overlooked or misdiagnosed. Hyperthyroidism presents with multiple symptoms that vary according to the age of the patient, duration of illness, magnitude of hormone excess, and presence of co-morbid conditions. Over the last few decades, there are increasing numbers of reports of newly recognized manifestations of hyperthyroidism that are related to various body systems and may create a wide range of differe...

Background Insulin resistance (IR) is a state in which a given concentration of insulin produces biological effect less than expected and IR actually make up a broad clinical spectrum, including obesity, glucose intolerance, DM, and the metabolic syndrome that are associated with various endocrine, metabolic, & genetic conditions. There is an association of IR with thyroid abnormalities. Evidence for a relationship between T4 and T3 and glucose metabolism appeared over 100...

Purpose: To compare effectiveness of different radioiodine activities used for the treatment of benign thyroid disease.Method: We retrospectively reviewed our local radioiodine audit data collected over 7 years duration. Patients with benign thyroid disease and known post-treatment biochemical outcomes were included. Data were analysed for primary diagnosis, activity dose, and biochemical outcomes in 6 and 12 months post-treatment....

Back ground and objectives: Relation between thyroid function with respect to insulin resistance has been a field that is rich and captivating for research and further examination. Few studies have suggested that metformin, the first-line in diabetes management, may lower thyroid-stimu-lating hormone (TSH). Owing to Paucity of studies regarding the effect of metformin on TSH in hypothyroidism patients, this study compares the effect of metformin on TSH and BMI in Egyptian na&#...

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, and accounts for between 5 and 10% of thyroid nodules biopsied in endocrine services. As per the Global Cancer Observatory, the incidence of thyroid cancer in Bahrain is 2.12 cases per 100 000 people, which is less than the neighbouring countries of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between thyroid cancer and obesity in Bahrain, where 28.9% of males and 38.2% of females a...

Background: Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumour that arise from chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla and produces signs and symptoms due to excessive catecholamine secretion from tumour. Presenting symptoms can vary but often they classically present with headaches, sweating and palpitations in the setting of paroxysmal hypertension. Pheochromocytoma crisis results from the sudden release of large quantities of catecholamines and leads to progressive multiple organ dysfunctio...