Endocrine Abstracts

Male, 29 years old. Go to consultations in our center for a second opinion for assessment of hypoglycemia. The patient has reported, for 3 years, symptoms consisting of episodes of dizziness and headache predominantly during the day, which subside after eating food, and which increase in frequency in relation to exercise. He provides capillary glycaemia objectified in family glucometer between 40-70 mg/dl coinciding with the episodes. The patient was initially treated at anoth...

A 38-year-old transsexual woman, with no known drug allergies, active tobacco smoker, ICAT 2. As diseases of interest, stage A2 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection with current negative viral load. Lúes in 2012 treated. In treatment with Stribild (elvitegravir 150 mg/ cobicistat 150 mg/ emtricitabine 200 mg/ tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 245 mg). She went to the Transsexual Persons Care Unit due to gender inconsistency since childhood with the adoption of the fem...

A 36-year-old woman in follow-up due to early ovarian failure of idiopathic origin. No family history of interest. History of menarche at 12 years of age with regular menses until 18 years of age, when it begins with amenorrheic spells lasting up to 8 months. Laboratory tests revealed hypergonadotropic hypogonadism with negative ovarian autoantibodies, normal karyotype, and gynecological ultrasound showing a normal-looking uterus with slight bilateral ovarian atrophy. Negative...

Objectives: To determine the lifestyle in patients with morbid obesity in a previous group and in a group after performing bariatric surgery.Material and methods: Cross-sectional study in two groups of patients with morbid obesity one before and one after bariatric surgery attended in the Clinical Management Unit of Endocrinology and Nutrition of the Puerta del Mar Hospital in Cádiz. The clinical and analytical data of the patients, the sociodemogra...

Objectives: 1. To evaluate the effect after two years of bariatric surgery on comorbidities in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) and obesity grade II or higher.2. Analyze the surgical complications in these patients.Material and methods: Cohort study with intrasubject measures (before-after) in patients with grade II or higher obesity and T2DM, who underwent bariatric surgery (gastric bypass or vertical gastrectomy) at ...

Introduction: T-Coach program is a phone support platform for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) treated with insulin glargine 300 U/ml in order to adjust basal insulin dose, reinforce diabetes education and encourage patients to get their goals through regular phone calls. The aim of the study was to evaluate T-Coach program effectiveness in metabolic control and level of satisfaction in patients with T2D.Methods: We conducted a retrospe...

Introduction: Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment in order to achieve an important weight loss and improvement of metabolic comorbidities. This study aimed to assess the clinical factors that can influenced on evolution of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity patients after bariatric surgery.Methods: We conducted a cohort study with a sample of patients with type 2 diabetes and class II obesity or above who underwent bariatric surgery at Hospital Un...

Objectives: To analyse the levels of anxiety, depression, impulsiveness, bulimic behaviour, concern about body image and the quality of life of patients included in the care process following bariatric surgery, in our field.Methods: Observational study of the patients included in the care process for bariatric surgery at University Hospital Puerta del Mar. Two cohorts were identified according to their situation before or after surgery. Studies were made...

Objectives: To determine the habits and lifestyle of the morbidly obese before and after bariatric surgery.Material and methods: Transversal study of two groups of morbidly obese patients attending the Endocrinology Unit of Puerta del Mar, Cádiz: one group before and the other after bariatric surgery. Clinical and analytical data of the patients was collected: socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics, Bulit-R Questionnaire (Bulimia), BIS (imp...