Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is associated with increased risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease and this appears to decrease with time after parathyroidectomy. However, data on hyperparathyroid patients are conflicting and there is no data regarding secondary hyperparathyroid patients. Our aim in this study was to determine the association between flow-mediated dilatation (endothelium dependent, FMD), nitroglycerine-induced dilatation (endothelium i...

Introduction: Coagulation and fibrinolysis defects were reported in primary hyperparathyroid(PHPT) patients. However, there is not enough data regarding platelet functions in this group of patients. Platelet functions of hyperparathyroid patients were measured in very few studies and they have conflicting results. Our aim was to evaluate the platelet functions in primary and secondary hyperparathyroid(SHPT) patients and to compare it with the healthy subjects.<p class="abs...

Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy is a clinical syndrome characterized by overt proteinuria and decreased renal function in the course of diabetes mellitus. The earliest symptom is the presence of albuminuria, but a decrease in glomerular filtration rate(GFR) has been observed in patients without albuminuria. In our study, it was aimed to investigate the presence and prevalence of nonalbuminuric diabetic kidney disease observed in patients with type 2 diabetes, and to determi...

Background: Anemia is a common finding in patients with diabetes mellitus which increases the progress of the diabetic complications. There are several factors which cause anemia out of renal failure in diabetics. In this study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of anemia and factors that decreases hgb levels in diabetic patientsMethods: This retrospective study includes 207 diabetic patients that were hospitalized between january 2019 and january 20...