Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetic nephropathy represents one of the most common causes of end-stage renal disease. During pregnancy it is associated with an increased perinatal morbidity as a striking result of the consistently high rate of preterm deliveries, mainly due to the frequent development of pre-eclampsia.Aim: To describe pregnancy outcome in type 1 diabetic women with normoalbuminuria, microalbuminuria, or diabetic nephropathy after implementation of an in...

Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) represents the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). It is known that patients with ESRD have the highest risk of cardiac morbidity and mortality. Thus, identifying and treating risk factors associated with cardio-vascular disease in diabetes may offer the best approach for preventing and delaying adverse renal and cardiovascular outcomes.Aim: To determine the relationships between metabolic syndrome (MS),...

Objective: Nephropathy is a common complication in diabetes mellitus (DM), with significant morbidity and mortality. Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is more likely to develop in the presence of some risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, even in newly diagnosed diabetics.Aim: To study the incidence of diabetic nephropathy in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics and to study the relationship of development of nephropathy with various risk factors as...

Background: Diabetes microangiopathy is an important negative factor, that affects directly the maternal and neonatal morbidity.The objective: To determine the risk factors for the morbidity of the mothers and their fetus in patients with diabetic retinopathy and/or nephropathy.Methods and design: We followed the course of 50 pregnancies in diabetic woman with nephropathy and/or retinopathy and 50 other pregnancies in diabetic woma...