Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid nodules are very common in the general population (20–75% ultrasound). There are clinical management criteria established by international societies and standardized cytological diagnostic criteria (Bethesda). However, there is still uncertainty in the management of category 3 (follicular lesion of undetermined significance). Objectives: To evaluate the clinical attitude to the cytological diagnosis of Bethesda category 3 (B3) in thyroid fine-needle ...

Introduction: Strokes are common diabetes macrovascular complications. A good control of cardiovascular risk factors such as glycemic control has been proven to reduce the risk of its appearance. Aim: Describe diabetes prevalence in patients admitted to hospital because of a stroke, as well as their treatment and metabolic control.Patients and methods: Observational retrospective study of patients admitted to the Neurology section because of a s...

Introduction: Recent studies defend the measurements of insulin resistance and β-cell function to assess the endocrine pancreatic function in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). HOMA-IR indexes greater than 1 translate insulin resistance and HOMA-%β values lower than 100% imply an altered β-cell function.Aim: To describe insulin resistance and β-cell function using HOMA-IR and HOMA-%β indexes in patients with CF and compare them ...

Introduction: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is indicated in suspicious thyroid nodules or big ones. Bethesda system classifies them according to the cytological malignancy risk. Bethesda category 4 (B4) comprises follicular neoplasms and suspicious follicular neoplasms. Aim: Determine final diagnosis of B4 nodules and study associations between malignancy and other variables.Methods: Retrospective study of patients with nodules classified as B4 a...

Objectives: To describe modifiable sociodemographic and clinical risk factors predictive of severe hypoglycemia with need for urgent health care in adults with type 1 diabetes (T1DM).Methods: Multicenter, observational and retrospective study with case-control design.Cases: T1DM adults with severe hypoglycemia, defined as glycemia <70 mg/dl requiring urgent out-of-hospital health care for its resolution. Data source, geographic...