Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Cushing’s disease (CD) accounts for approximately 80% of cases of Cushing’s syndrome. Diagnosis of CD is difficult, it is carried out with a screening test and confirmation test. The aim of this study is to describe the diagnostic results of the different diagnostic tests used in the diagnosis of CD in our environment.Patients and methods: Retrospective descriptive study of patients with CD. We included all patients diagnosed with CD...

Aim: Evaluate results of bariatric surgery by using the Bariatric analysis and reporting outcome system (BAROS) scoring systemPatients and methods: Observational clinical study of consecutive cases of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in Reina Sofia University Hospital (Córdoba, Spain) and clinical follow-up in the Endocrinology service between January and December 2018. Statistical analysis performed with SPSS 24th version.<p class="abstext...

Objectives: To describe modifiable sociodemographic and clinical risk factors predictive of severe hypoglycemia with need for urgent health care in adults with type 1 diabetes (T1DM).Methods: Multicenter, observational and retrospective study with case-control design.Cases: T1DM adults with severe hypoglycemia, defined as glycemia <70 mg/dl requiring urgent out-of-hospital health care for its resolution. Data source, geographic...