Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Diabetic ketosis is very often a reason for emergency consultation in diabetics. The objective of our study was to assess the etiologies of ketotic decompensations in diabetics.Methods: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 80 diabetics hospitalized at the National Institute of Nutrition for ketotic decompensation. Each patient underwent a clinical examination with a standard biological assessment.Results: The av...

Introduction: Diabetes in the elderly is often accompanied by other comorbidities, particularly dyslipidemia, which considerably increases the cardiovascular risk in these patients.The aim of our work was to determine the lipid profile in elderly diabetic subjects.Methods: This was a descriptive and analytical study carried out on 100 elderly type 2 diabetics hospitalized in our department for unbalanced diabetes. Each patient unde...

Introduction: Diabetic pregnancy is a high risk pregnancy. The objective of our study was to study the clinical-biological profile of pregnant women with gestational diabetes.Methods: It was a retrospective study of 82 pregnant diabetic women admitted to the day hospital of the National Nutrition Institute in Tunis for the management of gestational diabetes. All patients received regular follow-up until delivery.Results: The averag...

Introduction: High blood pressure (HBP) is a public health problem because it is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. Antihypertensive therapy has evolved significantly in recent years to reduce the number of tablets to improve adherence therapy.Purpose of our work: The purpose of our work was to estimate the risk of non-compliance with antihypertensive treatments for a population of hypertensive and diabetic patients, by using a validated ca...

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a high-risk vascular risk situation. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of MS in a population of diabetic patients.Methods: It was a descriptive study conducted from March to September 2017 on 122 diabetics hospitalized at the National Institute of Nutrition. The SM is defined according to the IDF 2005 criteria. All patients underwent careful questioning, a complete clinical examination with anthro...

Background: Metformin is the most known oral glucose-lowering medications. It is considered to be the optimal first-line treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.GoalThe aim of the study was to describe the clinical and biological profile of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with metformin.Methods: This was an observational study conducted among 57 patients with type 2 diabetes mellit...