Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To determine the association between adverse pregnancy outcomes with each of the 75 g OGTT cut-off values prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO), Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS), and the International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study group (IASDPG) criteria to help define more appropriate glycemic cut-off levels for Filipinas.Methodology: Retrospective Cohort study of pregnancy deliveries in De La ...

Background: Lithium salts have been widely known to induce thyroid dysfunction, however, parathyroid dysfunction due to lithium use is uncommonly encountered. Hypercalcemia is a relatively common consequence of lithium therapy presenting with nonspecific symptoms that may be overlooked. Although cerebral infarction may be an independent event from psychiatric disorders, it can also be a rare complication that must be recognized particularly in patients on lithium therapy.<...