Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the high blood glucose levels in pregnant women. GDM have high risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus after pregnancy. Therefore, we evaluated postpartum DM frequency and metabolic parameters of the patients who had GDM in this study.Methods: It was enrolled 40 patients, who had high glucose level during fasting or/and after meal and abnormal glucose level during OGTT in 24–28 weeks, in endocrinology out...

A 21-year old male with a 4 year history of tip 1 diabetes mellitus was admitted for diabetic ketoasidosis. The patient was on premixed insulin in two divided of 20 units. He had poor control of diabetes with no regular follow up. His height was 141 cm (3rd persentile), and weight was 36 kg (3rd percentile). These anthropometric findings demonstrated low-height for his age. His bone age was consisted with 16 years. Physical examination revealed moon face, hepatomegaly, short s...