Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality for persons with diabetes mellitus. Globally, most patients with diabetes are in developing countries that do not have the resources or health infrastructure to provide universal renal replacement therapy. The ADA recommends that estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) be calculated using serum creatinine for diabetics at least once a year.Objectives: To determine the...

Background: Diabetes is associated with multi-systemic complications. In male patients with diabetes, erectile dysfunction may be a worrisome condition and may result as an effect of diabetic complications, associated conditions such as hypertension and from the effects of drugs especially antihypertensives. Erectile dysfunction is increasingly being reported among diabetics with a resultant poor quality of life. This study seeks to determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunc...