Endocrine Abstracts

We present the case of an 83-year-old woman with a medical history of moderate-severe Alzheimer’s disease, which made her dependent. Despite this, she was able to communicate and go out in a wheelchair. Over the last 6 months, she experienced decreased intake and lost more than 10% of her body weight. In addition, she was diagnosed in 2006 with latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA), treated initially with oral antidiabetic agents but later on, it was necessary to sw...

Introduction: COVID-19 has taken on pandemic proportions. Phase angle (PhA) and Standardized phase angle (SPhA) have been related to mortality and severity in several diseases.Objetives: To determine the predictive role of PhA and SPhA on 90 days survival of adults with COVID-19.Methods: A longitudinal cohort study with 127 consecutive patients diagnosed with COVID-19. We collected PhA, SPhA, body composition (fat mass, fat free ma...

Objectives: To analyze the data of patients seen at the Diabetes and Pregnancy Unit, assessing the frequency of pregnancy planning and whether there are differences in the degree of metabolic control before and during pregnancy, as well as in perinatal outcomes with respect to those who do not plan. All women of childbearing age with Pregestational Diabetes Mellitus(PGDM) should receive preconception counseling to optimize glycemic control, since preconception control is assoc...

Introduction: Vitamin D is considered a fat-soluble vitamin and a fundamental prohormone in mineral and bone metabolism, with an immunoregulatory, cardiovascular and neuroprotective effect, among others. Vitamin D can be found as vitamin D2 or ergocalciferol and vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol. The main source of vitamin D comes from ultraviolet radiation in sunlight, but it is also obtained through food. Vitamin D deficiency is very prevalent in Europe, with a significant peak ...

Introduction: Overt thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy without an early diagnosis and treatment may lead to an increased risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. In this study, our goal was to assess the results of the development of a laboratory alerting system for the diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction in the first trimester of pregnancy. Material and methods: Observational retrospective study evaluating clinical and biochemical data from pregnant wome...

Introduction: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) represent 85- 90 % of all thyroid cancer cases. Most of these have an excellent prognosis with standard treatment. However, between 7 and 23% will develop distant metastases and, of these, more than 65% will become radioactive iodine-refractory. In some of these patients who are considered to be radioiodine-refractory with rapidly progressive or symptomatic disease, or in patients who are not candidates for other therapies, the...

Objectives: Some authors have defined subtypes within gestational diabetes (GD) based on the calculation, from glucose and insulin levels during oral glucose overload (OGTT), of indices of insulin sensitivity (Matsuda) and insulin secretion (Stumvoll). Powe et al [1] found that 30% of women with GD had predominantly low insulin secretion, 51% low insulin sensitivity and 18% both (mixed). The aim of this work is to analyze the correlation of these indices with other kn...