Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Opportunistic screening is more efficient than population screening for diabetes mellitus. The aim is to describe the prevalence of unrecognized diabetes mellitus (DM) among out-patients clinic attending in a major hospital in Basrah, Southern Iraq.Methods: A cross-sectional observational study. The study conducted for the period between January 2006 to end of July 2007. Patients, who attended the out-patient clinic in Al-Faiha hospital in Ba...

Background: Despite available treatment for hypothyroidism, levothyroxine replacement therapy in a biochemically appropriate dose does not necessarily relieve patients’ symptoms and complaints. The aim of the study was to evaluate the concerns of patients treated with hypothyroidism and to correlate these concerns with different patient characteristics and thyroid biochemical control.Method: One hundred and eighteen treated primary hypothyroid patie...

Background: Short synacthen(cosyntropin)test, has replaced the insulin stress test as the first-line test to assess adrenal insufficiency. The aim of this study, was to determine the utility of the 30 and 60 min cortisol measurement in the high dose (250 μg) short synacthen test.Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted by reviewing the database of patients underwent short synacthen test in Al-Faiha Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolism Center (FDEMC...