Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The treatment of thyroid diseases with thionamides can cause agranulocytosis a potentially fatal side effect. The manifestations resulting from such a condition include, in most cases, infections that, if not treated immediately, have a high risk of septicemia. Therefore, the clinical presentation includes fever of unknown origin and infections such as pneumonia, tonsillitis, and abscesses. Most patients who do not receive immediate medical intervention progress ...

Behavior of thyroid function tests in a Brazilian elderly population using Big DataIntroduction: Interpretation of thyroid function data has changed over the last decades with several groups demonstrating changing in the thyroid axis with aging, particularly with a progressive increase in age-related TSH. With the proliferation of studies with large datasets, termed Big Data, sample sizes are no longer a challenge, and the possibility of using clinical l...

Aim: To empower our patients/parents to self-manage Type 1 diabetes (T1dm) by providing them with required knowledge and skills.Method: We identified 10 motivated, mostly newly diagnosed T1dm patients and their families. We organised a master-class to educate them on how to use DIASEND to review blood sugars, identify patterns and adjust Insulin doses. We conducted weekly DIASEND clinics for 6 weeks and fortnightly for another 6 weeks (phone call/email)....