Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease that can be largely managed in the primary care system.Aim: We analysed medical records of diabetic patients (pts) treated in Center for diabetes in our institution, during 1 year, determining the quality of care.Material and methods: The search was focused on pts at first admission to the diabetologist. Analysis included demographic and clinical characteristics of pts, meta...

Introduction: Early hyperglycemia in acute pancreatitis (AP) is prognostic sign of severe attack. Elevated lipid levels are one of the major risk factors for AP. The objective of this work was to evaluate the glycaemic and lipid profile in patients (pts) with acute pancreatitis, treated in our institution.Methods: A total of sixty nine pts with AP were admitted to a Department of Internal medicine, from January to December 2012.At ...