Endocrine Abstracts

Background/Aim: Since diabetes is the most common endocrine disorder and the diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is considered as a medical emergency, our aim was to determinate the frequency of symptoms and precipitating factors of DKA in type 1 and type 2 diabetesMethods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study concerning all patients hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department for DKA between August 2021 to December 2022. We compared the di...

Background/Aims: Ketosis in patients with known Type 2 diabetes mellitus is overlooked due to atypical symptoms. Type 2 diabetes (DT2) is characterized by a longer period of asymptomatic hyperglycaemia than Type 1 diabetes(DT1). The objective of this study was to compare glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in ketoacidosis (DKA) occurring in known and newly diagnosed diabetes.Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study concernin...