Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Craniopharyngiomas are benign epitelial tumors located in the suprasellar region and they are associated to several comorbidities. Our aim is to describe hormonal deficiency and complications after surgery.Design: Descriptive study of patients that underwent surgery of craniopharyngioma. Data collected included hormonal levels, clinical data and mortality. Quantitative variables with normal distribution are shown as mean and standard deviat...

Introduction: Data on sexual dysfunction (SD) in cirrhotic patients are limited. Sexual function is a complex area of human behavior with great impact on quality-of-life (QOL). Despite its relevance, it is rarely evaluated in clinical practice in cirrhotic patients. Indeed, published studies are heterogeneous, differ in the way sexual function is assessed, and usually evaluate only one specific aspect of sexual life. Our aim was to evaluate in detail the sexual function of pat...

Introduction: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic disease at risk of malnutrition. The aim of the study is to assess nutritional status of patients with CF.Methods: Descriptive study of CF patients referred for a nutritional evaluation. Data collected included lung function, pancreatic and carbohydrate metabolism (according to ADA’s diagnostic criteria), anthropometric and laboratory parameters. Results are shown as mean (S.D.).<p c...

Objective: Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) are relatively infrequent. We present a descriptive study of GEP-NETs of a reference Spanish hospital.Patients and methods: Forty-six patients were diagnosed of GEP-NETs during the period 1993–2011. Data regarding demographic, clinical, analytical, anatomopathological and diagnostic variables were collected. Results are expressed as mean±SD....