Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionThe main role of vitamin D is regulating bone metabolism, but over the past years, the importance of vitamin D in non-skeletal actions has been studied. Vitamin D deficiency is very common in our environment. This deficit has been associated with higher risk of many chronic diseases, such as osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes and even obesity. Recent evidence has demonstrated an association between low vitamin D status and autoimmune thyroi...

IntroductionToday, it is well recognized that disturbances in thyroid function may significantly affect mental status including emotion and cognition. Several studies have demonstrated the existence of a relationship between depression and hypothyroidism, although there is still no clear explanation of the pathophysiology that causes this association.ObjectivesTo assess whether there is a higher prevalence of...

Introduction: Severe hypoglycemia and retinopathy are two of the main complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). Traditionally, glycosylated hemoglobin (or A1C) has been used as the gold standard measurement of glycemic control; however, there is a significant percentage of complications riskassociated with the evolution of diabetes that is not fully explained by this single marker. Short and long-term glycemic variability has been postulated as one of the main variables that co...

Introduction: One of the often-discussed topics in the management guidelines for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is the ideal time gap that should exist between patient check-ups. A period of three to six months is usually recommended, which sometimes is difficult to achieve due to the high number of patients. But to what extent does the time gap between appointments in the follow-up of T1DM patients affect their diabetes’ control?Objectives: To kn...

BackgroundThe prevalence of malignancy among Bethesda category III (atypia of undetermined significance) cytologies is variable in different studies.ObjectiveThe aim of this paper is to evaluate the risk of malignancy of thyroid nodules classified as Bethesda III in our hospital.MethodsWe have reviewed the medical records of 146 patients who underwent FNA with Bet...

Introduction: Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy is the most frequent extrathyroidal manifestation of Graves’ disease. Its treatment is based on the administration of intravenous corticosteroids, and the clinical activity score (CAS), TSH-binding inhibitor immunoglobulin (TBII) and TSH-receptor antibodies (TRAb) have been classically used to measure the response to treatment. However, in recent studies [1] it has been observed that other analytical parameters such as chol...