Endocrine Abstracts

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if follow up in a specialty clinic for Diabetics can result in lower LDL levels.METHODS: A Veterans Administration (VA) diabetes clinic established in 1996 consisted of 5 academic endocrinologists, nurse practitioner, endocrinology fellows, rotating medical housestaff, pharmacist, nutritionist and nurse. All patients enrolled in diabetes clinic for at least one year had their electronic medical record reviewed retrospectively for d...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if follow up in a specialty clinic for Diabetics can result in lower LDL levels.METHODS: A Veterans Administration (VA) diabetes clinic established in 1996 consisted of 5 academic endocrinologists, nurse practitioner, endocrinology fellows, rotating medical housestaff, pharmacist, nutritionist and nurse. All patients enrolled in diabetes clinic for at least one year had their electronic medical record reviewed retrospectively for d...

Objective: To determine the 24hour thyroid hormone profile on patients with combined T3/T4 therapy.Methods: Two subgroup of patients (10 on combined T3/T4 (study, S) and 10 T4 alone (control, C) were randomly selected from 697 patients who were already involved in WATTS study, after ethical approval. Prior to study entry all patients were on 100micrograms or more of T4. The study group received 10micrograms of T3 in place of 50micrograms of T4 while the ...