Endocrine Abstracts

A 50-year-old woman with no history of interest who was admitted in hospital for progressive headache 2 weeks of evolution refractory to treatment that was accompanied by emetic syndrome and paresthesias in face and arms. A CT scan of the skull (urgency) was performed which was normal. Neurology improves with analgesia and steroids, presenting mild drowsiness and mild hyponatremia (121 mEq/l). A cerebral MRI was performed, showing a right subacute hemorrhagic adenoma of 1 cm t...

Total vitamin D levels are decreased in obese patients probably due to an increased volume of distribution mechanism. Recently introduced direct assays allow the measurement of free-vitaminD3 levels (fvitD3). Few data are available regarding fvitD3 levels in obese people and the effect of bariatric surgery upon its circulating concentration. We aimed to evaluate fvitD3 in a cohort of obese patients before and after bariatric surgery treatment and its relationship to phosphocal...

This is a 38-year-old male, a regular user of a gym with the sole purpose of improving his physical performance and muscular strength and habitual consumer of hyperproteic dietary supplements. Among his PAs he denies toxic habits, and highlights the removal of the right testicle in childhood. Consultation for decreased desire and sexual potency, together with pain and turgor in the left breast; hair loss at the frontal level, in analytic carried out by the Primary Care Physici...

Introduction: Body composition is gaining great interest in some pathologies such as Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM1). Adherence to the Mediterranean diet has been shown to be effective in improving the prognosis of cardiovascular disease, which is the main cause of mortality in these patients.Objectives: To assess whether adherence to the Mediterranean diet in DM1 is associated with improvement in disease control parameters, body composition, anthropometr...

Introduction and objectives: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a severe acute complication of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and as such, on a large number of occasions will require hospital admission. As we know, it happens when there is an absolute or relative insulin deficit, although it is true that the characteristics described in the literature of these episodes are very different. Our aim was to compare the characteristics of DKA occurring in patients under 25 years of age with th...

Objective: The carbohydrate metabolism dysfunctions are common in critical ill patients with diabetes or stress hyperglycaemia and the correct management of them has an important prognostic value. Despite its limitations, capillary glucose (CG) was collected more than arterial glucose (gold standard) because of its good correlation. However, the usefulness of intermittent intersticial glucose monitoring (IGM) in keeping blood glucose within target range in critical ill patient...

Introduction and Objectives: Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors derived from enterochromaffin tissue, mostly catecholamine-producing, adrenal gland (PCC) or extra-adrenal paraganglia (PGL). We were struck by the high incidence of these in our health care area, so we decided to study them. The aim of this work is to evaluate the clinical characteristics and epidemiological factors of patients diagnosed with PCC or PGL.Mate...

Introduction: Transgender people are a diverse population affected by a variety of negative health indicators. Studies report, among other conditions, a high prevalence of mental health problems and substance abuse. However, there are still health issues that have been poorly analyzed and long-term longitudinal follow-up studies are scarce.Objective: The aim of this study is to deep into the demographic characteristics and the psychosocial profile of tra...

Aim: To evaluate whether differences exist in terms of patient, radiological, tumour characteristics and surgical complications between malignant and benign thyroidectomy.Materials and methods: 184 correlatives cases of thyroidectomy during the period from October 2011 to October 2013 are analysed. Patient, ultrasound, tumour and complication characteristics are compared. Categorical data are reported as percentages. Characteristics between the two group...

The recommended nutrient intake (RNI) for iodine during pregnancy has been re-evaluated in 2005 by an international expert committee under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO). The consensus reached was that the RNI for iodine during pregnancy should range between 200 and 300 μ/d with an average of 250 μ/d.To asses the adequacy of the iodine intake during pregnancy in a population, urinary iodine concentration (UIC) should be mea...