Endocrine Abstracts

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...

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...

Objective: This study reviews the clinical characteristics of patients treated in a Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Unit (MDFU) and analyzes the rate of diabetic foot amputations and the risk factors associated.Design and methods: A retrospective cohort study including data from all patients who attended the MDFU during December 2017-October 2018 period. The patients were followed until January 2019. Clinical, anthropometric, and biochemical parameters (...