Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding lixisenatide to uncontrolled type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients treated with insulin.Methods: A prospective uncontrolled study was designed. Primary endpoints (measured at 3 and 6 months) were change in HbA1c, weight, and insulin doses. Variables analysed were: HbA1c level, insulin and other hypoglycaemic agents doses, capillary glucose tests, number and type of hypoglycaemias, side effects and body comp...

Introduction: The T-Coach® telephone support program for patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2) treated with insulin glargine 300 u/ml, facilitates dose adjustments of basal insulin therapy through regular telephone consultations and offers diabetes education in order to improve empowerment of the patient. Objective: To assess the usefulness of the T-Coach® program in metabolic control and degree of satisfaction in patients with T2DM.Patients and ...

Background: Recent studies have shown that the incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is increasing.Objective: Evaluate the incidence of DCT in a center of the south of Spain for the last 15 years and analyse the clinical and morphological factors related to DTC.Methods: We reviewed the series of patients undergoing thyroid surgery at our hospital over a 15-year period and identified patients with DTC. Patients were divid...

Objective: To develop a specific questionnaire to evaluate the satisfaction of diabetic patients with the use of glucometers and evaluate their psychometric properties (feasibility, reliability, and validity).Material and methods: Two stages: i) questionnaire development: a set of 53 items was constructed after a bibliographic review. A panel of six experts and 50 patients concluded a 25-item version of the questionnaire (dimensions: satisfaction, inconv...

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a web-based telemedicine system for monitoring glucose control in pregnant women with diabetes on health care visits, metabolic control and pregnancy outcomes.Subjects and methods: A prospective, single-centre, and interventional study with two parallel groups was performed in Puerto Real University Hospital (Spain). Women were assigned to two different glucose monitoring groups: control group...

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of blood pressure alterations by ABPM and its association with clinical factors in normotensive and normoalbuminuric patients with type 1 diabetes (TDM1).Methods: Cross-sectional study including normotensive and normoalbuminuric patients with TDM1. Altered ABPM was considered when: i) Mean systolic pressure (sBP) was ≥130 mmHg in the 24 h and daytime periods and ≥120 mmHg in the night-time period and/or ...

Objectives: To evaluate the validity as diagnostic test of isolated blood pressure measurement compared to 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in a group of clinically normotensive patients with type 1 diabetes (TDM1).Methods: Cross-sectional study including 85 normotensive and normoalbuminuric patients with TDM1. Media of two blood pressure measures by conventional technique and results of the 24 h blood pressure monitoring (SPACELABS 90217...

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of blood pressure alterations with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and its association with proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6 and VEGFα) in normotensive and normoalbuminuric patients with type 1 diabetes (TDM1).Patients and methods: Cross-sectional study including normotensive and normoalbuminuric patients with TDM1. Altered ABPM was considered when: 1) Mean systolic pressure (sBP) was greater than 13...