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ea0034p27 | Bone | SFEBES2014

The diagnosis of osteoporosis among South Indian male and female subjects with low impact hip fracture and comparison between Indian Council of Medical Research and Caucasian Bone Mineral Density Databases

Thomas Nihal , Shetty Sahana , Kapoor Nitin , Asha H S , Naik Dukhabandhu , Visalakshi P , Paul Thomas

Aims and objectives: This study was undertaken to look at the agreement between the hologic database (HD) based on NHANES bone mineral density (BMD) data in Caucasians and the ICMR database (ICMRD) published in 2010 in defining normal and subnormal BMD in subjects with or without hip fracture and to arrive at a BMD cut off which has a high sensitivity of predicting fracture.Materials and methods: A cross sectional study of 3098 subjects (men-341 and wome...
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ea0038p77 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2015

Phaeochromocytoma: experience from a single centre in South India

Naik Dukhabandhu , Das Gupta Riddhi , Asha H S , Paul Thomas V , Kapoor Nitin , Mahesh D M , Cherian Anish Jacob , Abraham Deepak T , Shanthly Nylla , Oomen Reji , Chandramohan Anuradha , Ramakrishna Banumathi , Pai Rekha , Paul M J , Rajaratnam Simon , Thomas Nihal

Phaeochromocytoma (PCC) and paragangliomas (PGL) are neuroendocrine tumours derived from the embryonic neural crest, located either within the adrenal gland or at extra-adrenal sites.Objective: To study the clinical, biochemical, imaging characteristics, and mutational profile of patients with PCC/PGL treated at our institution.Methods: We collected data of patients with PCC/PGLs managed at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India...
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ea0038p101 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2015

A complex case of MEN1

Naik Dukhabandhu , Mahesh D M , Asha H S , Abraham Deepak T , Shanthly Nylla , Chandramohan Anuradha , Burad Deepak , Ramakrishna Banumathi , Paul M J , Kapoor Nitin , Paul Thomas , Chacko Ari G , Thomas Nihal

Objective: We report the rare case of a 45-year-old male with multiple endocrine neoplasm 1 (MEN1) with simultaneous occurrence characteristic tumours leading to a delicately balanced metabolic homeostasis.Methods: Clinical, biochemical, and radiological data of this patient diagnosed to have MEN1 were analysed and the challenges in the management of these neuroendocrine tumours are discussed.Case illustration: A 45-year-old gentle...
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ea0038p271 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2015

Evaluation of hypoglycaemia unawareness in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus using continuous glucose monitoring in a tertiary care centre

Naik Dukhabandhu , Shilpa R M , Mahesh D M , Asha H S , Kapoor Nitin , Paul Thomas , Padmanabhan V , Inbakumari Mercy , Christina Flory , Rani Jansi , Natarajan Divya , Jeyaseelan L , Thomas Nihal

Background: Intensive glycemic control forms the benchmark of management of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and is limited by the risk of hypoglycaemia. Repeated episodes of hypoglycaemia can lead to development of hypoglycaemia unawareness and a sixfold increase in deaths in those experiencing severe hypoglycaemia. Severe hypoglycaemia occurs in 35–42% patients with T1DM. However, there is lack of data from our population and hence we aimed to objectively estimate the pr...
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Endocrine Abstracts
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