Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionThe use of iSGLT2 remains controversial in diabetic patients with peripheral arterial disease.ObjectivesAssess metabolic effect and risk of amputations of iSGLT2 in diabetic patients treated in the Multidisciplinary Unit of Diabetic Foot (MUDF) comparatively with a control group.Design and methodsRetrospective observational study in which the patients ...

Introduction and objectivesThyroid cancer treatment tends to be individualized based on risk stratification and increasingly less aggressive for low-risk tumors, as recent studies have shown that low doses of I-131 are just as effective than higher doses with excellent remission rates. The objective of our study was to evaluate the response after 1 year of treatment with 30 mCi of I-131 in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.<p class="abstext...

ObjectiveTo study the possible relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the metabolic syndrome. Material and methods: Retrospective observational study of patients evaluated in a prebariatric surgery consultation between November 2017 and November 2019, who were given a questionnaire of adherence to a Mediterranean diet. Anthropometric and analytical parameters related to the metabolic syn...

IntroductionThe SARS-Coronavirus-2 pandemic affects 248 469 people with 28 341 deaths in Spain as of June 28, 2020. Severe infection is more prevalent in patients with advanced ages, cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) and chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and asthma). Having diabetes implies vulnerability to serious complications and death from coronavirus; although, not all diabetics have the same level of risk. The oldest is p...