Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In a fraction of morbidly obese subjects undergoing gastric bypass (GBP), episodes with late postprandial hypoglycemia (PPHG) develop 1–3 years after surgery. The pathogenesis of this phenomenon is not fully understood; meal-induced rapid and exaggerated increases of circulating incretins and insulin appear to be partially responsible. Current treatments include low-carbohydrate diets, inhibition of glucose intestinal uptake, reduction of insulin secretion w...

Background: The aim of the Swedish Pituitary Register – the Swedish Pituitary Study Group’s quality register – is to guarantee that all patients with pituitary tumours get equivalent diagnostic evaluation and treatment, as well as to evaluate given therapy. In this study, patients diagnosed with acromegaly from 1991 are described.Methods: Data from 557 patients (275 men/282 women), median age 51 years (range 4–87), with acromegaly wer...