Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), diabetic nephropathy (DN), and metabolic syndrome (MS) have a high risk of cardiac morbidity and mortality. Thus, identifying and treating risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease in DM may offer the best approach for preventing and delaying adverse renal and cardiovascular outcomes.Aim: To determine the relationships between MS, DN, and renal function in type 2 DM.Method...

Background: Adrenal incidentalomas are detected in about 0.1% of general health screening with ultrasound, in 0.4–1.9% among patients evaluated for nonendocrinologic complaints, in ~4.4% among patients who have a previous cancer diagnosis. Majority are benign, but careful evaluation is warranted to rule out carcinoma and functional adenomas.Aim: The purpose of presenting these cases is to highlight the importance of ultrasound examination in diagnos...

Aim: To determine the prevalence of hyperprolactinaemia in patients with newly diagnosed subclinical and overt hypothyroidism, and to investigate the change in PRL levels during and after the treatment.Methods: In this study were enrolled 100 patients, which have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism during a 2 year period, in ‘IKEDA’ hospital, DC ‘Med.al’ and DC ‘La vita’, and 100 healthy persons as controls. Lactating and pre...

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of the biochemical parameters serum phosphate, serum calcium, and serum parathyroid hormone levels with respect to parathyroid adenoma weight and volume in primary hyperparathyroidism.Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, who were diagnosed and followed between 2008 and 2013. 26 patients (female/male: 23/3) with a mean age of 51.3±12.7...

Objective: To investigate the association between cigarette smoking and the progression of diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetic patients.Research design and methods: A prospective, follow-up study over 1 year was conducted in a sequential sample of 30 smokers, 30 nonsmokers, and 30 ex-smokers with type 1 diabetes, hypertension, and diabetic nephropathy. Progression of renal disease was defined according to the stage of nephropathy as an increase in pr...

Introduction: Elevated blood pressure levels are more frequently observed in diabetic patients, than in the general population. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is better correlated with target organ damage from hypertension (HT) than clinic blood pressure readings. The correlation between ABPM and urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) in diabetes mellitus (DM) has been found to be stronger than the correlation between clinic blood pressure (BP) and UAER.<p clas...

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between subclinical hypothyroidism and prevalence of nephropathy and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients without taking thyroid medication.Methods: Serum thyrotropin and free thyroxine concentrations were measured in 50 type 2 diabetic subjects in DC ‘Ikeda-Euromedica’ and DC ‘Med.al’ in Tirana, from September 2009 until September 2012. In a cross-sectional st...