Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: The prevalence of diabetic patients admitted in hospitals close to 20% in some series. Our goal is to determine the prevalence of diabetic patients assessed by interclinical calls from different medical and surgical specialties that have been entered during 2015 in our Hospital, in order to describe the characteristics that these diabetic patients.Material and methods: We present 116 patients evaluated by interclinical consultation request fo...

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to analyze the clinical characteristics, the degree of achieved control and the associated antihypertensive treatment.Methods: Cross-sectional study which included patients with T2DM followed in a primary care setting. Data about age, sex, associated antihypertensive treatment, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was co...

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) attended in a rural primary care setting.Methods: Cross-sectional study which included patients with T2DM followed in a rural primary care setting. Data about several cardiovascular risk factors was collected (age, sex, smoking, hypertension and dyslipidemia). Also, data about coronary heart disease (CHD) and...

Objectives: To evaluate the characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) attended in a rural primary care setting and to analyze associated antidiabetic treatment and metabolic control.Methods: Cross-sectional study which included patients with T2DM followed in a rural primary care setting. Data about age, sex, body mass index (BMI), associated antidiabetic treatment, and HbA1c was collected.Results: Seventy nin...

Objectives: To evaluate the use of antidepressant drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to analyse if these drugs are associated with a more deteriorated metabolic control.Methods: Cross-sectional study which included patients with T2DM followed in a primary care setting. Data about age, sex, T2DM evolution, body mass index (BMI), HbA1c and associated antidepressant treatment was collected. Statistical analysis was performed with SPS...

Objectives: To evaluate the degree of control of atherogenic dyslipidaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods: Retrospective cohort study which included patients with T2DM followed in a primary care setting. Patients were classified according to the following criteria: strict control of dyslipidaemia (LDL <100 mg/dl and triglycerides <150 mg/dl), partial control of dyslipidaemia (LDL ≥100 mg/dl or triglycerides ≥...

Introduction: There are new therapies indicated in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) based on different molecular targets, that appear to be effective in some cases with advanced disease, although many are still under investigation.Material and methods: We retrospectively evaluated five cases of medullar thyroid advanced carcinoma that later were referred to Oncology Department for Chemotherapy treatment.Results: Five patients (mean a...

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma is the most common endocrine malignant tumor. Papillary carcinoma frequency in our country is 80% of thyroid neoplasia. Papillary thyroid carcinoma usually metastasizes to cervical lymph. Metastases to distant organs are rare and most often affect the lungs, liver and bones. Despite of its anatomical proximity, metastasis parotid have not been described in the existing papillary carcinomas literature. We report a case of parotid gland metastasi...

Background: Parathyroid carcinoma accounts for <1% of cases of primary hyperparathyroidism. Clinical presentation is usually related to severe hypercalcemia associated to elevated serum PTH (three times above the upper limit). These values are so much higher than in primary hyperparathyroidism due to a benign adenoma. Moreover, 30–75% of patients had a palpable neck mass.Clinical case: Fifty one-year-old male, submitted to bariatric surgery by a...

PTSD is an anxiety disorder that occurs among persons exposed to a traumatic event involving life threat and injury. This is a co-morbid psychiatric disorder that occurs along with depression. Cortisol, secreted in the adrenal cortex in response to stress, is an informative biomarker that distinguishes anxiety disorders such as major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from normal subjects. In comparison to normal subjects, hypocortisolemia was observed during...