Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Microalbuminuria tends to appear in Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and reflecting underlying cardiovascular disease rather than diabetic nephropathy presented at diagnosis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of microalbuminuria and its possible relations with T2D, pre-diabetes and hypertension, in a representative sample (n=2860) of the adult population (>18 years old) of Galicia (NW Spain).Material and methods: Subjects ...

Introduction: Since the 1990’s cabergoline has become the treatment of choice in prolactinomas, allowing rapid and efficient hormonal and tumoral control in most cases. Evidence of cardiac valculopathy was demonstrated in patients treated by dopamine agonists for Parkinson disease, which led to curtailment of their use in this disease. Retrospective studies in hyperprolactinemia patients treated with cabergoline did not show such an effect, probably due to much lower dose...

Objective: To evaluate the main clinical characteristics and the obstetrical results of perinatal morbi-mortality of women with gestacional diabetes in our Service.Material and method: We made a descriptive study of 83 gestational diabetes patients which became a pursuit coordinated between the services of Endocrinology and Gynecology. The following main aspects were analyzed: age, toxic habits, BMI pre-gestational, first pregnancy or not, previous antec...