Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Both overweight/obesity and central obesity were inversely associated with anemia in the studies. In our study, we aimed to determine the relationship between different haemoglobin (Hb) levels and BMI.Materials and methods: A total of 146 patients (131 (89.1%) female and 15 (10.2%) male) were enrolled in the study. Patients were divided into five groups namely group-1 (Hb ≤7 g/dl), group-2 (7 g/dl<Hb ≤10 g/dl), group-3 (10 g...

Introduction: It was aimed to evaluate the biochemical and hormonal parameters in female patients with and without polycystic ovary and presenting with symptoms of hirsutism.Materials and methods: In this study, 217 female patients presenting with symptoms of hirsutism were enrolled. Seventy-two female patients having polycystic ovaries by ultrasonography were named as group 1 and 145 female patients with normal ovaries were named as group 2. FSH, LH, pl...

Introduction: Mean platelet volume (MPV) which is part of a complete blood count measures the platelet size. There are many studies in the literature that it is an indicator of platelet function in thrombotic and inflammatory diseases. However, the number of studies about changes in MPV after treatment in thyroid disease is very limited. In this study, we aimed to reveal the MPV change with treatment in patients with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.Ma...

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to reveal the mean platelet volume (MPV) change with treatment in patients with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.Materials and methods: Two groups were retrospectively evaluated as 200 patients (21 male, 179 female) with hypothyroidism and 200 patients (26 male, 174 female) with hyperthyroidism. Before and after treatment in the outpatient follow. MPV values were compared.Results: There is si...

Introduction: Insulinomas are rare pancreatic islet cell tumours with an incidence of four cases per million per year. About 10% of all insulinomas are malignant. We here examined an insulinoma with aggressive driving in a young male patient with severe hypoglycaemia in the emergency room.Case report: 34-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department with the blurring of consciousness. Blood glucose was 19 mg/dl, consciousness tends to sl...

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels and anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies (anti-TPOab) in euthyroid subjects with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and to compare them with healthy subjects without MetS.Design: Study included 173 subjects consisted of 96 subjects with MetS and 77 healthy controls. Gender, age, body mass index (BMI), waist circumfrence (WC), and detailed medical history of all participants were...

Introduction: Increased mean platelet volume (MPV) is an independent risk factor for thromboembolism, stroke and myocardial infarction. In this study we tried to emphasize the importance of gender difference in evaluation of relationship between MPV and serum biochemical parameters in type 2 diabetic patients.Methods: A total of 509 patients with diabetes mellitus who hospitalized due to several causes were retrospectively evaluated. Age, gender, other c...

Introduction: In this study we aimed to examine the risk factors associated with mortality of pneumonia among diabetic seniors in Turkish general population.Material and methods: After excluding individuals from other minorities, elderly diabetic patients who had been hospitalized due to pneumonia in recent three years consisted of study population. A total of 610 subjects aged 65 years or older were retrospectively analyzed and 196 patients who had no m...

Introduction: Rhabdomyolysis is usually attributed to trauma. However, there is an association of rhabdomyolysis with hyperosmolar states. It is also important to realize that hyperosmolar coma can be the presenting complaint of a diabetic seeking medical attention for the first time. In this case-report we aimed to present a patient with acute kidney injury due to rhabdomyolysis and hyperosmolar state.Case report: Forty nine-year-old black male patient ...

Aim: Euthyroid sick syndrome can be described as abnormal findings on thyroid function tests that occur in the setting of a nonthyroidal illness (NTI) without preexisting hypothalamic-pituitary and thyroid gland dysfunction. In this study we tried to compare thyroid function tests between patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) and healthy controls.Materials and Methods: This study consisted of 31 patients with AKI and 26 healthy controls. All patients&#...