Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Establishing good metabolic control is essential to prevent morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This nationwide survey is performed five years after the first national TEMD study, to search for any improvement in attaining glycemic and metabolic targets in Turkish patients with T2DM.Methods: The nationwide, multicenter survey consecutively enrolled patients who were under follow up for at least a year in tertiary c...

Patients with hypoparathyroidism may have sypmptoms consistent with physical, emotional and cognitive dysfunctions which may cause impaired quality of life (QOL). We included 266 patients (20–79 years; 231 women/35 men) who were being treated for hypoparathyroidism. They were taking conventional therapies for hypoparathyroidism; calcium, active vitamin D and magnesium when needed. We applied Beck Depression Scale, Anxiety Scale and SF-36 QOL scale to the patients. The et...