Endocrine Abstracts

A 25 year-old female Polytechnic student who presented at the emergency department with a 5-day history of high grade fever with chills and rigor, headache, generalized body weakness, postpandrial vomiting, epigastic pain and passage of melena and feeling of cramps in her hands and feet. Had no history of PUD but had used NSAIDS for pains and the cramps.Her RBS was 155 mg/dl. Genotype unknown. LMP 6/4/17Physi...

A 25 year-old female Polytechnic student who presented at the emergency department with a 5-day history of high grade fever with chills and rigor, headache, generalized body weakness, postpandrial vomiting, epigastic pain and passage of melena and feeling of cramps in her hands and feet. Had no history of PUD but had used NSAIDS for pains and the cramps.Her RBS was 155 mg/dl. Genotype unknown. LMP 6/4/17Physi...

Introduction: Vascular complications play a significant role in the morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). Eighty percent of deaths in patients with diabetes are related to thromboembolic complications. Significant alteration in haemostatic indices have been documented in these patients. However, this has not been investigated in our environment.Objectives: This study aims to evaluate antithrombin activity (AT) in newly diagnosed...

A 54 year-old businesswoman who has been diabetic for 6 years and had a history of PUD. She was referred following complaints of increasing hyperpigmentation of her palms, feet and old scars. She also had a boil on her back, significant weight loss, poor appetite and a slight non-productive cough.She was transfused with two pints of blood a month earlier at a private hospital when her PCV was found low. She is not hypertensive. Her drug history included ...

Background: Hypoglycaemia is a life-threatening condition commonly encountered in emergency department (ED), mainly among individuals with diabetes on insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHA). Hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic individuals is not a common condition and its often a diagnostic challenge for clinicians especially when presented in an unusual way. Although it does not seem to be a cardiac emergency feature, various electrocardiograph...

Background: Hypoglycaemia is a life-threatening condition commonly encountered in emergency department (ED), mainly among individuals with diabetes on insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHA). Hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic individuals is not a common condition and its often a diagnostic challenge for clinicians especially when presented in an unusual way. Although it does not seem to be a cardiac emergency feature, various electrocardiograph...

Background: Besides differences in the overall prevalence between IGT and IFG, there is now clear evidence of differences in phenotype between the two categories. The most consistent and statistically significant difference is that IFG is commoner in men than women in virtually all age groups, typically being 1.5–3 times higher, but up to seven or eight times higher in Europeans aged 50–70 years. Conversely, the prevalence of IGT is higher in women than men in all ag...

Background: There is a relationship between the indices of nutriture-BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist–hip ratio (WHR) and the development of glucose intolerance.Objectives: To determine the normative values of the indices of nutriture and the inter relationship between these indices in male and female residents of a Calabar, South East Nigeria.Methods: A sample comprising 1134 subjects (645 males and 489 females) represent...

Objectives: To determine the mean and normative values of anthropometry among the inhabitants of a coastal Nigerian city.Methods: A cross sectional survey comprising 1134 subjects (645 males and 489 females) representative of the entire population of Calabar metropolis aged 15–79 was studied. A multistage sampling method was applied to select the subjects. Using a modification of WHO STEPS instrument the information obtained included anthropometric ...

Background: Premature ejaculation (PE) is believed to be one of the most common male sexual disorders across all age groups. However its prevalence and risk factors has been rarely investigated among Nigerians. Hence, the study determined the prevalence and risk factors for erectile dysfunction (ED) especially PE among this populace.Subjects and methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted on seventy-three (73) males aged 18-75years who were sexual...