Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP1 analogs are the treatment of choice after metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2) and overweight-obesity (OB). The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness and safety of these treatments alone or in combination.Methodology: This is a retrospective observational study in the usual clinical practice. We analyzed the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP1 analogs treatments in patients with DM2 and OB wh...

Introduction: The defecatory strain in constipated people can raise the blood pressure and occasionally trigger cardiovascular events.Methods: Review of the patient’s clinical records and the relevant literature.Results: Clinical Case: A 53-year old woman with history of breast surgery for adenocarcinoma and chronical constipation had severe resistant hypertension in the previous three years; she had hypertensive crises with ...

Retinoic acid (RA) treatment has been used in the last decade for redifferentiation of metastatic thyroid cancer that have lost radioiodine uptake (RIup) with heterogeneous results.Aim: To evaluate the improvement of RIup after a course of RA treatment.Method: Retrospective analysis of 29 patients with radioiodine negative metastatic disease (17 men /12 women; 22 papillary, 4 follicular and 3 oncocytic tumours). RA was given at a d...