Endocrine Abstracts

The current PDA recommendations relating to the good metabolic control of diabetes are: self-controlled fasting blood glucose (FBG)70–90 mg%, HbA1c ≤6.1%, lipid profile (LP) TChol ≤175 mg%, LDL≤100 mg%, HDL ≥40 mg%, TG≤150 mg%.Objective: To evaluate the accomplishment of the proper metabolic control in diabetic outpatients with regard to the PDA guidelines.Material and Methods: a548 diabetics (249...

Introduction: Insulinomas are usually singular adenomas <1 cm. Less than 5% have diameter >3 cm. Multiple adenomas frequency is estimated on 3 do 9%. Malignant insulinomas are diagnosed in 3–6% patients. The oldest patient with insulinoma described in literature was 95 years old. About 30–50% of patients are previously misdiagnosed.Aim of the study: The aim of the study was presentation of patients with rare clinical characteristics of ...

The silent myocardial ischemia is a serious diagnostic problem especially in patients with long-standing diabetes of type 1 (DM). Resting as well as exercise myocardial perfusion scintigraphy tests allow to recognize the silent myocardial ischemia in these groups of patients and to start the relevant treatment. The aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of myocardial ischemia in patients with type 1 DM, without clinical symptoms of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and wi...