Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Prolactin-producing pituitary adenomas are the most common pituitary tumors in clinical practice. In men they are more aggressive and their response to pharmacological treatment is unknown.Objective: Describe the clinical characteristics and response according to the treatment of a group of male patients with invasive macroprolactinomas.Materials and methods: A retrospective descriptive study, a series of cases, in 30...

Introduction: A two-step approach is usually used to diagnose GDM. At 24–28 weeks of pregnancy, a 50 g 1-hour glucose or O’Sullivan test is performed. If it is positive (≥140 mg/dl), it is followed by a 100 g-3 hours-Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) which is considered positive if at least two or more values are ≥ of reference values (105-190-165-145 mg/dl). Despite it is not include in any clinical practice guideline, sometimes the 100 g OGTT is obviat...

IntroductionDyslipidemia is a major cardiovascular risk factor, being its detection and control essential due to risk of serious complications. Numerous trials have demonstrated its relationship with T2D, but it has not been so well studied in T1D.ObjectiveTo obtain information about relationship between dyslipidemia and T1D and analyze its prevalence and control in a sample of patients.<p class="abstext"...