Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To compare the diabetic (DM) (n=124) and non diabetic (nonDM) (n=63) patients on haemodialysis (HD) in terms of renal bone disease (RBD) control.Methods: Retrospective case-note review of 187 HD patients. The National Kidney Foundation guidelines for chronic kidney disease stage 5 (CKD-5) were used, with target levels for parathormone (PTH) 16.5–33 pmol/l, calcium 2.1–2.35 mmols/l and phosphate 1.78 mmols/l.<p clas...

Objectives: To compare the non diabetic (nonDM; n=124) and diabetic (DM; n=63) patients on haemodialysis (HD) in terms of blood pressure(BP) control.Methods: Retrospective case-note review of 187 HD patients. For statistical analysis the unpaired t-test was employed.Results: Antihypertensive treatment was given to 58.8% of the nonDM and 82.5% of the DM group. In the nonDM and DM groups on antihypertensive treat...