Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Melatonin is involved in many physiological processes, including the regulation of circadian rhythms, sleep, antioxidant effect, aging, tumor growth, reproduction and bone formation. The latter function is also regulated by the metabolism of vitamin D. Our goal during this study is to detect a possible increase in vitamin D levels under the effect of exogenous melatonin.Participants and methods: Different anthropometric parameters were coll...

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of time-of-days (TOD) on some biochemical and hormonal responses after resistance training sessions.Methods: Ten trained subjects performed three resistance-training-sessions at 0700 h, 1300 h and 1700 h. Each training-session included six upper and lower body resistance exercises with 3×10 repetitions. Blood lactate (Lac), creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), cortisol (C) and testoster...

Background/Aim: Since diabetes is the most common endocrine disorder and the diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is considered as a medical emergency, our aim was to determinate the frequency of symptoms and precipitating factors of DKA in type 1 and type 2 diabetesMethods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study concerning all patients hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department for DKA between August 2021 to December 2022. We compared the di...

Background/Aim: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening acute complication of diabetes. Our aim was to study the clinical features of DKA and precipitating factors responsible for DKA in diabetic patients.Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study concerning all patients hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department for DKA between August 2021 and December 2021. Initial kalemia levels (k +) on presentation were determinat...

Introduction: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an extreme metabolic state caused by insulin deficiency. Hypophosphatemia in DKA often occurs during hospitalization. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and determinants of hypophosphatemia during the treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis.Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study concerning all patients hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department for DKA between Octobe...

Background/Aims: Ketosis in patients with known Type 2 diabetes mellitus is overlooked due to atypical symptoms. Type 2 diabetes (DT2) is characterized by a longer period of asymptomatic hyperglycaemia than Type 1 diabetes(DT1). The objective of this study was to compare glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in ketoacidosis (DKA) occurring in known and newly diagnosed diabetes.Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study concernin...

Background/aims: Although patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) are expected to have total body potassium depletion, measured levels may be normal or elevated due to extracellular shifts of potassiumsecondary to acidosis. We aimed to examine the prevalence of hypokalemia in patients with DKA at presentation and during the treatment.Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study concerning all patients hospitalized in the Endocrino...

Introduction: Lipemic specimens could be a source of significant analytical errors. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of lipid removal using ultra-centrifugation of lipemic samples, on some routine biochemistry parameters.Observation: A 53-year-old man hospitalized in endocrinology department for treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia (21.3 mmol/l). All the patient’s routine biochemical parameters were held on AU 680®...