Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Type IV Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type 4 RTA) is an underdiagnosed condition known to be more frequent in Diabetes Mellitus patients with moderate renal impairment. It is thought to be very common, with an incidence of 3.8% of hospital admissions in some series, being an increasing problem among the elderly and aggravated by polypharmacy.Methods/design: The authors describe 4 cases of Type 4 RTA associated with type 2 Diabetes diagnosed and f...

Introduction: Adequate glycaemic, along with other cardiovascular risk factor control in type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and its beneficial impact on subclinical inflammation is associated with better microvascular outcomes.Objectives: To analyse the correlation between glycaemic control adequacy and systemic inflammatory markers, renal disease progression and cardiovascular risk factors.Material and methods: Retrospective cohort observatio...