Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The management of relapsing Graves’ disease is controversial. Previous surveys from different regions in the world demonstrated variations in the clinical practices of patients with Graves’ disease relapse.Methods: To determine management pattern among endocrinologists in Israel an electronic questionnaire was e-mailed to all members of the Israeli Endocrine Society. Questionnaires included demographic data and clinical scenarios wi...

Background: Basal-Bolus (BB) insulin treatment is increasingly used in uncontrolled diabetes patients during hospitalization and is commonly recommended on their discharge. However, the extent of adherence with this recommendation is unknown.Aim: To determine the short term adherence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients discharged from internal medicine wards with recommendation for BB insulin treatment.Methods: Prescription...

Objective: While osteoporotic fractures are reported in up to 40% of post-poliomyelitis adults, clinical guidelines regarding bone mineral density (BMD) testing and best timing for initiating treatment in this population are scarce. We assessed the characteristics of post-poliomyelitis patients, focusing on fracture and osteoporosis as the primary outcomes.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective data analysis from medical records of 204 pos...