Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The diabetic foot is a frequent complication that can be life-threatening for the diabetic patient. The risk of amputation is multiplied by 40 in the diabetic patient compared to the non-diabetic population. Our aims were to determine the prevalence of foot amputation in patients hospitalized for poorly controlled diabetes, and to determine the risk factors associated with amputation.Method: This is a cross-sectional analytical study, inclu...

Aims: Screening for celiac disease in adult type 1 diabetics and studying its clinical and paraclinical profile.Patients and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted among 150 adult type 1 diabetic patients followed in Department A of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis. All patients underwent serological screening for celiac disease.Results: The prevalence of histologically confirmed celiac disease was 3.33% w...