Endocrine Abstracts

Most young patients with hyperglycemia are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) but up to 10% of all cases of the disease occur in MODY diabetes. Diagnosis of the correct type of diabetes mellitus (DM) leads to the appointment of pathogenetic effective therapy, adequate management of pregnancy and the prevention of specific complications. The aim of the study was to create a model for the differential diagnosis of T2DM and MODY.<p cla...

Hyperglycemia in a 27–year–old woman without obesity was found in the first trimester of her third pregnancy in 2015 (fasting plasma glucose – 5.8 mmol /l). Gestational diabetes was established and insulin was initiated in basal–bolus regimen. After delivery the blood glucose was normal due two months then hyperglycemia increased to 15 mmol/l. Metformin and glimepiride were prescribed within effect. Then insulin detemir (8 U/day) was prescribed with DPP...