Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: The aim of the study was to compare HbA1c levels in patients with type 1 diabetes before and 3 months after the transition from pediatric to adult endocrinology clinic.Methods: Retrospective analysis of the data from 88 young adults with type 1 diabetes was done. The consecutive patients were recruited in their last year of pediatric care and then transferred to the adult endocrinologist care. A group of 25 randomly chosen patients underwent structu...

Aim: To determine clinical predictors of parathyroid gland carcinoma recurrence.Methods: We evaluated outcome of eight patients with primary hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid carcinoma who were followed at University Hospital Centre Zagreb in period from 2004 to 2014. The median follow-up was 6 (range 2–14.5) years. Six patients (three male, three female; median age 57.5 (42–71) years) experienced long-term remission after the surgery wher...

Accurate assessment of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis is important for the appropriate management of patients with pituitary tumours after transsphenoidal surgery. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical relevance of the early postoperative basal cortisol level in assessing postoperative HPA axis function. We performed a retrospective analysis of 68 patients (male:female=36:32, age 59.5 years, range 21–77) treated by transsphenoidal surg...

Introduction: The study was designed to assess the effects of remission of acromegaly on bone turnover.Methods: Twenty-eight patients with active acromegaly (14 women; age 48.0±9.8 years) were enrolled in the study. The control group comprised 28 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals. Bone turnover markers (osteocalcin, β-crosslaps, and bone alkaline phosphatase) were measured at enrolment and 6 months after achievement of disease remission....