Endocrine Abstracts

Actuality: Currently, there is no doubt about the negative effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on the state of the central nervous system. One of the pathological manifestations are anatomical changes in the brain, which in turn can lead to the development of functional disorders and cognitive decline. Conducting imaging research methods allows us to assess the presence or absence of brain atrophy at an early stage.The aim: To identify the relationship betw...

The goal was to study neuroplasticity in patients with diabetes mellitus using neuroimaging techniques. We examined 80 patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2. All were conducted general clinical examination, neuropsychological testing - MoCa test, test 12 words. All patients underwent continuous glycemic monitoring and HbA1c assessment. An MRI study was also performed on Siemens 1.5 T, the protocol included a standard examination of the brain, a proton spectroscopy, and ...

Objective: To determine the effect of glycemic variability on cognitive function in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.Materials: Thirty patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus were examined at the age of 29.7 (27.45–30.4) years, the duration of the disease was 19 (15.1–20.3) years. Patients were divided into 2 groups: 1st group (n=15) – patients with cognitive impairment, 2nd group (n=15) – without.<p class="...

Several studies support the existence of multipotent stem/progenitor cells in the adult pituitary, whereas the presence of stem cell in pituitary tumors and their role in pituitary tumorigenesis are still on debate. Aim of this study was to identify and characterize stem-like cells in non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs). To this purpose primary cell cultures from 25 NFPAs were grown in culture conditions that favored stem cell growth (EGF, bFGF and B27 containing medium...

Background and aims: Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and Osteoporosis are two silent prevalent metabolic conditions. MASLD involves fat accumulation in the liver, along with at least one of five specified cardiometabolic criteria, while excluding other liver diseases or secondary causes. Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal condition characterised by reduced bone mass, leading to increased fracture risk. The relationship between MASLD and decrea...

Aim: To study the relationship of cytokines level in patients with diabetic foot syndrome (SDS) with a healing rate of ulcerative defect and diabetes compensation.Materials and methods: Twenty-four patients with DFS (DFS group) and 24 diabetic patients without foot ulcers (control group) (both groups comparable in age and other clinical and general laboratory characteristics, ongoing treatment, offloading mode). All DFS patients had chronic non-infected ...

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is characterized by vascular complications associated with arterial thickening. Although strict glycaemic control is clinically beneficial, limited or no evidence exists as to whether arterial damage is positively related to blood glucose levels and variability.Methods: Study purpose was to asses the relationship between arterial thickness and 24 h mean and S.D. of blood glucose in type 1 diabetes. Fifteen type...

Objective: The metabolic syndrome (MS) is characterized by a marked sympathetic activation. Whether this adrenergic overdrive is mainly dependent on the obese state or it can be detected also in absence of obesity is unknown, however.Design and Methods: In 25 male patients (age 41.4±yrs., mean±S.E.M.) with MS (ATP III criteria) and in 12 age-matched healthy male controls, we measured body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC...

Introduction: Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have an increased risk for developing glucose intolerance in postpartum. The aim of our study was to describe the general characteristics of pregnant women with GDM and to assess the prevalence of glucose intolerance in early postpartum by postpartum oral glucose tolerance test (ppOGTT).Methods: Retrospective study from January 2017 to December 2020 including patients with GDM followed at endoc...

Introduction: Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. In sepsis, a phenomenon called obesity paradox has been described, which involves a reduction in mortality in patients with a body mass index allowing for the diagnosis of overweight and obesity. In the clinical context, the phenomenon is confirmed by current meta-analyses. The aim of the study is a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on obesi...