Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Insulin resistance, refers to decreased response of tissues to insulin, primarily associated with type 2 diabetes and glucose intolerance. Several results were obtained in previous studies about the relation between insulin resistance and thyroid dysfunction. In these studies hepatosteatosis was not an exclusion criteria despite insulin resistance has a key role in the development of it. In this study we aimed to investigate insulin resistance in patients with hy...

Background: We investigated the demographic and clinical features of patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis who had been diagnosed and treated in Ege University, the main referral center in the Aegean region of Turkey.Methods: Medical records of patients who had been followed in the endocrinology clinic of Ege University were retrospectively evaluated. Patients who had been diagnosed as having any thyroid disorder were determined. Patients with Hashi...

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease that increasing in prevalence rapidly in our country and in the world with the increase of sedentary life and unhealthy nutrition. The risks of surgery applied in diabetic patients differ according to other patients.Aim: We aimed to investigate the relationship between the preoperative HbA1c levels and the complications and mortality rates in the postoperative period in patients with diabetes diagnosis and ...