Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Endocrinological and metabolic changes can occur in critically ill patients, which may affect the prognosis and outcome. The hypothalamic–anterior–pituitary axis (HPA) plays a crucial role in the endocrine regulation of metabolic and immunological homeostasis. In this prospective study, we evaluated the pituitary–adrenal–gonadal–thyroid axis in the adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients,their outcome, the association between these hormo...

Objectives: The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is the fastest-spreading disease worldwide, with over 380 million cases and 5 million deaths. The presence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in patients with COVID-19 was associated with mortality, acute respiratory distress syndrome, disease progression. COVID-19 was progressed with some hematological disorders, especially lymphopenia. Studies implicated that neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) level can be a reliable marker ...