Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Metabolic disturbances could contribute to poor outcome after acute myocardial infarction (AIM) in type 2 diabetic patients.Objective: We examined the acid base disturbances that could contribute to poor prognosis after MI among type 2 diabetics suffering AMI.Methods: Parameters of acid base status and blood lactate level were compared (using one and two – way ANOVA) in 160 age-matched individuals. Forty of them we...

Introduction: It is known that diabetes mellitus and its complex yet insufficiently known mechanisms affect bone strength and increases the fracture risk.Objective: The aim of this study was to assess bone mass measured by lumbar spine and hip DXA, in patients suffering from diabetes mellitus according to sex and type of diabetes.Material and methods: It was a prospective study. Included 150 diabetic patients of both sexes.<p c...

Introduction: Adult-onset noninsulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia syndrome (NIPHS) associated with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is a very rare entity. Clinical features of NIPHS are similar to those of insulinoma. Hypoglycemia with neuroglycopenic symptoms presents the main diagnostic condition. NIPHS is often poorly responsive or unresponsive to medical management necessitating surgical intervention with resection of pancreatic tissue.Case report: W...