Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Previous studies have reported that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with a more severe disease and worse outcome in patients with diabetes mellitus. Insulin is the mainstay of diabetes therapy in the inpatient setting. However, the treatment of diabetes in patients with COVID-19 remains unclear. In this study we investigate the influence of different insulin regimens and other antidiabetic medications on glucose control and mortality in COVID-19 patients with ...

Introduction: Normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism (NPHPT) is a variant of primary hyperparathyroidism with consistently normal albumin-adjusted or free-ionized calcium levels. It may be an early stage of classic primary hyperparathyroidism or could represent a primary renal or bone disorder or result from another pathophysiologic mechanism leading to invariably elevated PTH levels.Aim of the study: The study aims to check and compare the FGF-23 lev...

Background: The association between primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality is well known in symptomatic PHPT patients. Atherosclerosis is considered nowadays as an inflammatory process. Elevated serum levels of acute phase proteins, C-reactive protein (CRP) and the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF α), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), as well as insulin resistance, indicating chronic subclinical inflammati...