Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The EDIN study evaluated the clinical course of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) from the start of the insulin treatment to a minimum of 5 years, within routine clinical practice in Spain.Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients at onset of insulin treatment.Methods: Observational study that consecutively included patients with T2DM, ≥30 years old and treated with insulin for at least ...

Introduction: Clinical trials indicate that Tolvaptan is safe and effective in the treatment of patients with sustained mild/moderate SIADH-induced euvolemic hyponatremia. Tolvaptan doses are often modified during chronic use. We present the weekly doses of a series of patients on chronic therapy, followed up in outpatient clinic.Methods: Retrospective, cross-sectional. 114 patients receiving tolvaptan for chronic SIADH were followed up in a Hyponatremia...

Introduction: Acromegaly increases morbidity and mortality and should be treated even in the asymptomatic phase. It is almost always caused by a GH-producing pituitary adenoma and although transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice in most cases, in others, primary medical therapy is indicated.Clinical case: A 36-year-old female with a family history of thyroid functional pathology and diagnosed with micronodular goiter was evaluated in February ...