Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Screening for cognitive impairment (CI) that is strongly recommended in elderly with diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 but in fact is not commonly fulfilled.Objectives: To evaluate cognitive state in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods: In this cross-sectional study all patients with DM type 2 in age 65 and older who were on a planned admission in endocrinology department University Hospital named after V...

Objective of the study: To examine risk factors for thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy (ThC).Methods: In retrospective study (1975 to 2003) 272 patients aged 54 [43; 62] years with different forms of toxic goiter in combination with cardiac rhythm disturbances with or without heart failure (HF) were included. Atrial fibrillation (AF) and/or atrial flutter and/or ventricular premature beats accompanied with HF were diagnosed in 80.5% (219/272) patients (group 1), ...