Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Gestational diabetes insipidus (GDI) is a rare endocrinopathy whose incidence is around four cases per 100 000 pregnancies. It is a potentially life threatening state. We present a case of a 39 year old with GDI.Case report: A previously healthy 39-year-old woman in her 37th week of gestation presented dry oral mucosa with polydipsia and polyuria of 8 l over 24 h for approximately 2 month. The prenatal course of the pregnancy was uncomplica...

Introduction: Obesity prevalence is growing every year. In most cases, origin is exogenous, a mixture of sedentary and overeating. However, some patients are trend to develop obesity caused by their genetics and other illness.Case report: A 62-year-old women with diabetes type 2, anxiety and osteoporosis was remitted to our center for obesity. She had been obese since childhood, with very low level of activity and snacking trend. On physical examination ...

Introduction: Agonist receptor-GLP1 (AR-GLP1) had demonstrated its utility in obese patients with diabetes type 2. Since August 2013 we have available in Spain a new AR-GLP1 with prandial action in a single daily dose, lixisenatide. There are different clinical trials that support its efficacy and security but the dates from real clinical practice are scarce.Aim: To analyse the efficacy and security in real clinical practice for the treatment of diabetic...

Introduction: Hypoglucemia is one of the most common endocrine symptoms and supposes a challenging in endocrine clinical practise. In most cases, are produced in relation with diabetes (drugs and diet). In other cases, there was an endogenous insulin production which cause the symptoms.Clinical report: A 58-year-old was attended in the Emergency Department with episodes of lightheadedness, diaphoresis, palpitation, tremulousness for month duration. In th...

Introduction: In patients receiving Parenteral Nutritcion (PN), hyponatremia is associated with increased in-hospital mortality. Our objective was to evaluate the influence of volemic classification (hypovolemia, euvolemia or hypervolemia) on in-hospital mortality in patients receiving PN presenting hyponatremia.Methods: Prospective, non-interventional, multicenter study in 19 Spanish hospitals. 543 non-critical patients receiving PN were recruited. Hypo...

IntroductionThe pandemic has altered the day-to-day running of hospitals and most of the material and human resources have been made available for COVID-19 care. So have the residents in Endocrinology and Nutrition (MIR), who have been working on the front line, and this has led to alterations in their training programme. In addition, this unexpected and stressful work situation has had psychological consequences. The Spanish Society of Endocrinology and...