Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is considered the gold standard for differentiating an aldosterone- producing adenoma (aPA) from bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (BAH)Objective: The aim of this study is to present our experience with this method in our hospital.Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 105 patients who underwent the AVS protocol at our centre between 2015 and 2022 for PA.Result...

Background: Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the gold standard to differentiate patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism (UPA) from those with bilateral disease (BPA). As this is an invasive method, there are a lot of different scoring systems developed for primary aldosteronism (PA) subtyping. Integer scoring system is one of those established for BPA subtyping.Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of using the online Int...

Purpose: Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is the gold standard method for subtyping primary aldosteronism (PA). A certain number of PA patients had unilateral successful AVS, concomitant autonomous cortisol secretion or indeterminate lateralization index (LI 2.5–4), which made correct interpretation of AVS data impossible. The aim of our study was to determine whether absolute aldosterone concentration can predict the subtype of PA in patients with inconclusive AVS data.<p...

Objective: Patients with Cushing syndrome (CS) have impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) before and after surgery. The data on the optimal hydrocortisone dose after surgical cure of CS is scarce. Therefore, we investigated the influence of hydrocortisone dose on HRQoL after surgical treatment of CS. We hypothesized that patients who receive higher hydrocortisone doses after surgery would have better HRQoL and fewer cortisol withdrawal symptoms.<p class="abstext"...

Background: Learning through various online platforms is very common nowadays and its popularity has increased especially during the pandemic period. Nowadays, medical professionals are turning more than ever to online education through available online books, websites, and various online platforms. The aim of this study was to show that virtual training can improve the knowledge and confidence of young endocrinologists.Methods: The Croatian Section for ...

Introduction: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC)is a rare disease with an unfavourable prognosis. Complete surgical resection of the tumour provides the only chance for long-term cure. The aim of this study was to compare long term outcomes in patients with ACC referred to surgery in an expert adrenal centre (EC) versus nonspecialised centres (NSC).Materials and methods: This retrospective study included 48 patients with ACC, ENSAT stage I-III. All of study ...