Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hipersecretion of somatotrophin axis hormones in acromegaly favours the development of numerous metabolic and organ complications. The aim of the study was to establish the occurrence integrity of these complications in acromegalics.Material and methods: The tested 72 acromegalics – 32 men aged 46.9±15.2 years and 40 women aged 58.8±12.0 years, for which the period of the illness was determined, the body mass index (BMI) and ...

Introduction: Urgent conditions, as first symptom of endocrine disease, are rather rare in a hospital emergency department. Emergency medicine doctors work in difficult conditions, often under time pressure, they must also be guided by the likelihood of linking symptoms to the disease. Unfortunately, this makes it difficult to diagnose rare diseases. Therefore, without criticising doctors of other specialties, we would like to present our patient’s long journey from the e...