Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: Steroid usage may cause hyperglycaemia in non-diabetic patients. We aimed to detect the onset of hyperglycaemia and the best time for glucose measuring over a short time span (1–5 days) in non-diabetic patients who commenced moderate or high dose steroid therapy.Methods: Electronic data of patients, who were commenced moderate or high dose steroid therapy (15–60 mg prednisolone or equivalent dose methyl prednisolone) due to inflammator...

Introduction: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a peptide-based hormone that controls the level of ionized calcium in blood and extracellular fluids. Hemostasis is regulated by the balance between natural stimulants and inhibitors on platelet functions. Disruption of the balance between inhibitor and stimulants leads to thrombosis or bleeding. There are studies on the association of hyperparathyroidism with thrombotic disease. Thromboelastography is a method of evaluating the whole...