Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Lipid profile characterization in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and its impact on post-partum dysglycemia remains to elucidate. The aim of this study was to evaluate lipid profile in women with GDM during pregnancy and 8 weeks after and to study its correlation with glycemic control.Methods: This study was carried out in a central hospital in Portugal. All women with GDM diagnosed from January/2014 to December/2015 were enr...

Background and aims: Maternal BMI and weight gain are associated with maternal and fetal complications in gestational diabetes (GD), but their relative contribution is not clearly defined. Our aim was to determine the influence of BMI and weight gain in the evolution of GD.Material and methods: Multicenter, retrospective study of women diagnosed with GD at the medical centers of the Portuguese Group for the Study of Diabetes and Pregnancy in 2011. We use...

Introduction: The economic burden of obesity on healthcare systems is increasing. Bariatric surgery leads to considerable weight loss and health improvement. However, this surgery is costly and doubts about its affordability have been raised. Few studies have assessed outcomes such as drug use and costs after bariatric surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate drug consumption and costs before and after bariatric surgery.Methods: Retrospectively, da...

Introduction: Bariatric surgery (BS) candidates display several nutritional deficiencies that can aggravate after surgery. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors with several disturbed metabolic pathways. Therefore, individuals with MS submitted to BS are probably more prone to nutritional deficiencies.Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of nutritional deficiencies and eventual differences between BS candidates with and wit...

Background: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has effective results on weight loss, which should result from fat mass loss and efforts should be made to preserve lean mass. Few studies have evaluated body composition (BC) changes after SG for periods >2 years.Objective: To investigate the impact of SG on weight and BC, comparing by gender.Materials and methods: Retrospectively, databases of patients who underwent SG between 2011 and 2013...

Background: Gastric Bypass surgery (Bypass) is recognized as the ultimate metabolic surgery. The success in type 2 Diabetes (DM2) remission documented in patients submitted to Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (Sleeve) made questionable the hypothesis that this restrictive surgery has beneficial metabolic effects.Main goal: Comparing the Bypass and Sleeve’s efficacy in DM2 remission.Methods: Retrospective study of 112 diabetic patie...

Introduction: Primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) is a rare but severe and potentially life-threatening condition. There are no studies characterizing portuguese patients with PAI.Aims: To characterize the clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, treatment and follow-up of patients with confirmed PAI.Methods: A multicentre retrospective study of PAI patients followed in 12 portuguese hospitals.Results: We in...