Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionInsulin therapy in gestational diabetes (GD) is the second line of therapy after failure of diet rules (DR). The aim of our study was to determine the predictive factors for switching to insulin in gestational diabetes.MethodThis is a descriptive cross-sectional retrospective study, including 82 patient files followed at the gestational diabetes unit of the National nutrition institute.<p clas...

IntroductionThe respect of dietetic rules constitutes the cornerstone of the management of gestational diabetes (GD). The aim of our study was to describe the spontaneous food intake in Tunisian women followed for GD.MethodsThis is a descriptive and retrospective study, including 82 patients followed at the gestational diabetes unit of the National Institute of Nutrition. We analyzed: age, pre-conceptional bo...

Background: While sexual dysfunction in men with type 1 diabetes is well known, sexual dysfunction in women remains a neglected issue. The aim of this study was to assess the sexual quality of life (SQOL) of women with long-standing type 1 diabetes.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of women followed at the National Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology of Tunis. We included women with type 1 diabetes for 20 years or more. Women who were ...

Background: The management of diabetic foot starts with prevention, mainly based on the early detection of peripheral neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease, called podiatric risk assessment. This risk must be evaluated in all type 2 diabetics since the discovery. The aim of this study was the assessment of diabetic foot ulcer risk according to International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) and the identification of risk factors for developing foot lesions.<p...

Introduction: Insulin therapy remains a treatment of last resort for type 2 diabetic patients with uncontrolled diabetes with oral antidiabetic. The aim of this study was to find a correlation between the initial dose of insulin and the glycated hemoglobin (A1c) level.Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study. We included 63 patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for a switching to insulin in the C department of diabetology and nutrition at the N...