Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction and objectives: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a severe acute complication of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and may require hospital admission. Our aim was to compare the characteristics of DKA occurring in patients with autoimmune DM (AMD) and type 2 DM (DM2) in our setting.Methods: Retrospective observational study. Patients with AMD and DM2 admitted for DKA at the Hospital Universitario San Cecilio de Granada between January 2019 and December 20...

Objective: Endogenous cushing syndrome (ECS) is a complex and rare disease. After treatment, 50% of cases have recurrence. The objective is to evaluate the prevalence of recurrences in patients diagnosed of ECS and its predictive factors.Materials and Methods: Analytical retrospective observational study with 19 ECS diagnoses cases followed-up from January 1999 to December 2023. Demographic (sex, age), clinical (cause, face plethora, fragile capillary, r...

Objective: Optimal glycemic management in critically ill patients with diabetes or stress hyperglycemia has prognostic value. For adjustment, the most used measurement in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is the capillary glucose. In this study, we compare intersticial glucose (IG) and capillary glucose (CG) concentrations to assess the applicability of sensor placement in patients requiring vasoactive agents.Materials and Methods: Prospective longitudinal o...