Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Lower limb arterial disease (PAAD) is a serious complication of diabetes and is particularly common in patients at high cardiovascular risk. Its management in diabetic patients is a major public health problem, with sometimes tragic consequences for the patient. The objective of our work was to detect PAD in type 2 diabetics.Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study involving 122 type 2 diabetics hospitalized at th...

Introduction: Protein-energy malnutrition appears frequently and early in course of chronic renal failure and represents a determining element of the morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to evaluate spontaneous food intake and to study the inflammatory profile of elderly people on hemodialysis.Materials and methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive study involved 40 elderly hemodialysis subjects. All patients underwent a complete ...

Introduction: Obesity is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, with significant physical and psychological repercussions. The aim of our study was to assess anxiety-depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life at the mid-term following bariatric surgery and to determinate their effect on mid-term weight loss.Methods: We conducted a descriptive longitudinal study at the obesity research unit of the National Institute of Nutrition ...

Introduction : Obesity is undeniably a major factor in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Diagnosis of the latter relies on polysomnography, but this test is not widely available. Screening of subjects at risk could be relevant, using tools such as the Berlin Questionnaire.Objective : To determine the prevalence of symptoms and risk factors for OSAS in a group of obese subjects.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 100...

Factors associated with high glucose variability in patients with type 1 diabetes High glycemic variability is recognized as a risk factor for degenerative complications and hypoglycemia. The factors affecting glycemic variability in diabetic patients need to be clarified. Our aim was to determine factors associated with high GV in adolescents patients with type 1 diabetes.Method: This is a cross-sectional analytical study, conducted at the National Inst...

Introduction: Obesity exposes to multiple complications, including cardiovascular and metabolic ones. It can also cause respiratory problems, which are still insufficiently researched. The objective of this study was to detect respiratory abnormalities in a group of obese people followed in an obesity unit.Methods: This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study of 100 obese patients consulting at the human obesity research unit of the Nation...

Introduction: The global pandemic spread of SARScov2 has led to a heavy medical and socio-economic toll since December 2019. Patients suffering from chronic diseases were particularly affected during the lockdown period due to difficulties in accessing care. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of the 2-month lockdown introduced in Tunisia in March 2020 on diabetic patients’ glycemic control.Materials and methodsRetrospective study involving 54 diabetic patient...

Introduction: Diabetes is the cause of ophthalmological complications that are all the more severe when the balance of diabetes is precarious. Among the non-retinal ocular targets of diabetes is damage to the optic nerve. The diagnosis of diabetic mononeuritis should only be made after excluding other causes of neuropathy.Observation: We report the case of a patient referred to our service for equilibration of diabetes. This is a 59-year-old patient, typ...

Obesity is a major public health problem. It is a privileged provider of a constellation of metabolic abnormalities, particularly lipids, increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality and hampering the quality of life of the obese.Material and methods: We conducted a prospective study on 100 obese patients recruited at the Human Obesity Research Unit at the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis. Our patients benefited from an assay of fasting insulin...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of neuropathy worldwide. Non-retinal diabetic complications including oculomotor damage represent 1 to 3% of ocular manifestations of diabetes. The affected oculomotor nerves are essentially the external oculomotor nerve (VI), the common oculomotor nerve (III), and more rarely, the pathetic nerve (IV).Observation: We report the case of a patient referred to our department for additional management of r...