Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In order to detect the subjects at risk for osteoporotic fractures, one should actively search for them, primarily in a group of postmenopausal women, considering clinical risk factors. Body mass index (BMI) is a well-known, significant predictor of bone mineral density (BMD) of entire skeleton.Aim: The aim of this study was to examine relationship between BMI and BMD in a group of postmenopausal women.Methods: The st...

Introduction: Depression often occurs as comorbid and concomitant disorder in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) complicating the course and outcome of the disease, prolonging the treatment and accelerating complications of diabetes, especialy cardiovascular complications. Numerous researches show significant presence of cardiovascular disorders in depressed patients with T2D that show up several year after first depressive episode. Mortality caused by cardiovascular disorder...

Pheochromocytomas are rare chromafin, catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumors that arise from the adrenal medulla. Nearly half of these tumors are presented as an unexplained death and autopsy reports indicate higher incidence than it is proposed. We report the case of patient with pheochromocytoma treated only with minimal dose prazosin for twelve years. The operation was cancelled twice, on the day of surgery because the patient was not prepared with alpha-blockers and...

Introduction: There is a significant overlap of symptoms between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and thyroid disease, despite the fact that they are two different diseases. Both diseases individually affect a woman’s metabolic parameters and fertility, and their association makes them much more difficult to manage.Objective: To investigate the effect of elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations on metabolic and endocrine parameters ...

Introduction: Increased levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) accelerates atherosclerosis and occurrence of cardiovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Intima-media thickness (IMT) is a surrogate marker of atherosclerosis in patients with T2D.Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the significance of determining inflammatory markers IL-6, hs-CRP and IMT, as atherosclerosis markers, dur...

AimDiabetic cardiomyopathy (DC) is congestive heart failure developed in diabetic patients, without coronary, hypertensive, valvular nor myocardial alcoholic disease. Aim of this stady was to confirm if presence of diabetic autonomic neuropathy (DAN) is correlating with development of DC in patients with diabetes.MethodsWe have evaluated 90 examinees: 30 of them with diabetes type 1(T1D), 30 with diabetes typ...

AimDepression in diabetic patients is related to low quality of life, inadequate abiding by diabetes diet, physical activity and drug therapy.Aim of the stady is determine the presence of depression and its impact on the level of metabolic control of the disease; impact of structured education on the level of knowledge and HbA1c in patient with diabetes type 1 (T1D)MethodsThe study included 38 patients with T...

Septooptic dysplasia is a clinically heterogeneous disorder characterized by optic nerve hypoplasia, pituitary hormone abnormalities and midline brain defects.clinical diagnosis requires the presence of at least two of the features of the classical triad. Here is male presented on endocrinology consult for the first time at the age of thirthy five. On clinical examination height and weight were normal, face hypogonadal, sparced facial and body hair, testicle hypotrophy, normoc...