Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The study aims to investigate the association between asymptomatic pyuria/bacteriuria at the initiation of SGLT2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and urinary tract infection (UTI) risk in a cohort of women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (NCT05520684).Methods: The female outpatients with T2DM under follow-up in the department of internal medicine and initiated SGLT2i (dapagliflozin/empagliflozin) were included between February and September 2022. Excl...

Background: Radioiodine (RAI) therapy has been used for a long time in benign and malign diseases of the thyroid gland. During the application of radioiodine treatment, parathyroid glands may also be exposed to radiation due to its close proximity to the thyroid gland. There is interest in the effects of RAI treatment on parathyroid functions in clinical studies. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the dose of RAI treatment for benign or malignant thyroid diseases has...

Diabetes mellitus is a common and growing global health problem leading to several complications. Among these, periodontal diseases are considered as the sixth complication of diabetes. The goals of this cross-sectional study were to assess Turkish diabetic patients’ oral health behaviors and association with demographic characteristics, access to dental care and need for improved health education. The study sample consisted of 121 diabetic patients (43 M/78 F), with a me...

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the malignant potential of thyroid nodules with macrocalcifications and to evaluate the role of other sonographic findings in the diagnosis of malignancy in thyroid nodules besides macrocalcifications.Method: The findings of 8250 patients who applied to our outpatient clinic and underwent thyroid ultrasonography(US) between 2008 and 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. We included a total of 303 patients with 30...

Background: Hypophysitis is a rare group of disease characterized with infla mmation of the pituitary gland. Rarity of the disease obviates development of a treatment strategy. We aimed to present the nationwide data of the demographics, clinical and radiological characteristics, treatment modalities and responses of the patients diagnosed with hypophysitis in a retrospective manner.Methods: The endocrinology clinics all over the country were invited to ...