Endocrine Abstracts

COVID-19 significantly influenced global mortality; it caused 6.6 million cases of death. Mortality or crude death rate (CDR) is a typical statistical value for analyzing the demographic processes among the population. In Ukraine, we observed an increase in CDR in 2020-2021. It could be caused directly by the COVID-19 pandemic and indirectly; due to social distancing. Some people avoid visiting a doctor and neglect their treatment of chronic diseases. Comorbidities such as obe...

39-year old female reported usage of methylprednisolone (20–80 mg daily) for three months since the last decade of January 2020. She received methylprednisolone for controlling of panniculitis of Weber-Kristen (diagnosis was proved twice histologically in Ukraine and Austria. Before starting steroid therapy, there was no glucose impairment in her history. The patient has different complaints, including fatigue, increased body temperature, hypersensitivity of the skin, vo...

Introduction: Hyperaldosteronism is not so common in middle-aged groups. But it should be concerned in the case of unclear hypertension, fatigue, or dyspepsia.A 61-year-old female was hospitalized in the private clinic ‘Oberig’ in December 2019. She had non-specific complaints such as weakness, dyspepsia, constipation, vomiting, losing an appetite, decrease in body weight. She has been treated for a long time out-patiently and had some episod...

Diabetes mellitus is a global social and medical problem. In the world, there are 463 million diabetic patients, and in 2045 it is expected to be 700 million (IDF DIABETES ATLAS, Ninth edition 2019). In Ukraine, diabetes affects 7.6% of the Ukrainian population, which is 2.5 million people. According to changes in the public health system, we have separate registration of people with diabetes who receive insulin, but it does not include all diabetic patients. Previous years we...

Keywords diabetes, COVID-19, medical careCOVID-19 belongs to the global problem and health systems are faced with severe challenges. Diabetic patients are in the group of risk, especially among elderly people. The aging of the population leads to the comorbidity of diabetic patients with a high risk of death in the case of severe COVID-19 complications. Never doubt it could be fatal for diabetic patients more often than among non-diabetic. Patients with ...