Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The non-compliance to treatment is defined as the lack of adequacy between patients’ behaviors in taking medication, following a diet, and/or executing lifestyle changes, and medical prescriptions. It is a major cause of therapeutic failure that puts into question the real efficiency of medical care. The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic compliance degree in diabetic patients and to determine the different factors and issues complicatin...

Introduction: Hyperuricemia is associated with an increase in cardiovascular risk and complications of type 2 diabetes (1). The aim of this study is to establish a possible link between lipid profile and hyperuricemia.Method: A total of 321 patients with type 2 diabetes were included in our study. Clinical and par clinical data were collected from patients’ medical records. The lipid profile includes low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipop...

Introduction: Smoking is considered to be a cardiovascular risk for diabetic patients, as for the overall population. Its presence in diabetic patients increases significantly the risk of micro and macro vascular diseases. This study purpose is to compare and analyze the occurrence rate of degenerative complications in diabetic patients who smoke and those who don’t.Materials and methods: It is a descriptive and comparative study carried out in the ...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare disease characterized by somatotropic hypersecretion. The disease is associated with multiple significant comorbidities and increased mortality. The purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiological, clinical, para-clinical and therapeutic features of Acromegaly disease.Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective study including 12 patients with acromegaly in the Endocrinology Diabetology Department of Oujda&#8...