Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To know the pronostic value of serum thyroglobuline (Tg), obtained before thyroid ablation with I131, in order to predict cancer recurrence risk in patients treated with total thyroidectomy due to differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC).Methods: We conducted a computed search of the published literature in Medline. We included diagnostic test studies that evaluated the relationship between Tg before I131 ablation, with loc...

Nissen’s meta-analysis concluded that the use of Rosiglitazone (RSG) was associated with a significant increase in the risk of myocardial infarction. However, none of the analyzed studies took into account the cardiovascular events as primary outcomes, neither were controlled by cardiovascular risk factors.Objectives: 1. To know if there is an association between RSG myocardial infarction OR and the magnitude of the difference in baseline serum lipi...