Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The available questionnaires for the detection of hypoglycemia are designed for patients with type 1 Diabetes (T1DM), and do not take into account some characteristics of patients with type 2 Diabetes (T2DM). For instance most of T2DM patients do not perform capillary blood glucose self-monitoring as part of their daily treatment and hypoglycemia might be underestimated. Nevertheless, hypoglycemia can have a negative impact on T2DM patients, in terms of increasin...

Introduction: Maternal obesity (MO) increases the risk of gestational and neonatal complications. Bariatric surgery (BS) is currently the most effective long-term treatment of MO. The sustained weight loss after BS reduces the risk of maternal comorbidities during pregnancy. Nevertheless, BS is associated with an important risk of nutrients deficiency, and some data indicate that might increase the risk of prematurity and low birth weight. The objective of the present study is...