Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The disturbance of the lipid balance during pregnancy is common. Nevertheless, major hypertriglyceridemia during pregnancy is rare and can not be attributed to pregnancy.Methods: We report the case of a pregnant woman hospitalized at the national nutrition institute of Tunis (departement A) for the management of a major hypertriglyceridemia.Results: This is a 28-year-old female patient with ovarian stimulation-induced...

Introduction: Due to the association of hyperuricemia with conventional cardiovascular risk factors, it is difficult to determine whether uric acid is an independent risk factor for the development of renal failure. The objective of this study was to investigate the correlation between uric acid levels and kidney function in type 2 diabetics.Methods: This was a descriptive cross–sectional study carried out from March to September 2017 on 122 diabet...

Introduction: The main widespread type of diabetes are type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and secondary causes must always be assessed if there is any suspicion.Cushing Syndrom is one of the main causes of endocrine disorders causing diabetes, though it is rarely revealed by a ketosis.We herein report the case of inaugural ketosis in a patient with an iatrogenic Cushing Syndrom.ObservationA 27...

Lipid abnormalities are common in diabetic patients, increasing their cardiovascular risk. The aim of our study is to compare the lipid profile between type 1 and type 2 diabetics. This is a retrospective study of 100 patients, half of them have type 1 diabetes (group 1) and the other half have type 2 diabetes (group 2), hospitalized in department A of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis between January 2017 and June 2017. Type 2 diabetics were older than type 1 diabe...

Aim: Morbid obesity associated with obesity-related diseases has a negative impact on the quality of life. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of bariatric treatment on the quality of life among patients with morbid obesity who underwent sleeve gastrectomy.Methodology: Thirty obese patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy were included in our study. Their weight, height, body mass index were measured at baseline and 6 months after surgery. The qu...

Background: A high prevalence of vitamin deficiencies in obese subjects has been reported. Bariatric surgery is the most effective long-term treatment of morbid obesity, but this treatment can result in secondary vitamin deficiency.Aim: The aim of our study was to evaluate the folic acid status in obese patients before sleeve gastrectomy.Methods: This was a descriptive study including a population of obese patients reffered to our ...

Aim: The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of sleeve gastectomy on weight loss 6 months after surgery.Methodology: This was a prospective study including 30 obese patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy. Their weight,height, BMI, fat mass index and waist circumfernce, were measured at baseline and 6 months after surgery.Results: Mean patient age was 36.77±7.82 .80% of the study patients were women. There were signific...

IntroductionFacing the repeated failures of the medical management of obesity, bariatric surgery offers a promising therapeutic option in terms of achieving weight loss and metabolic benefits. Our study aimed to assess the impact of sleeve gastrectomy on uric acid metabolism in obese subjects.MethodsThis was a repeated retrospective cross-sectional study including 40 obese patients who were followed up at the...

IntroductionObesity is an undeniable global health problem that has taken on epidemic proportions in both developed and developing countries. Bariatric surgery offers a promising therapeutic option mostly in the face of frequent failures of dietary management of obesity. Our study aimed to describe the evolution of parameters of liver function after sleeve gastrectomy.MethodsIt was a retrospective study inclu...

Introduction: Glycated hemoglobin has long been considered the gold standard for monitoring diabetic patients. however, the advent of CGM, revolutionized the monitoring of diabetics with the possibility of detecting glycemic variability in patients.Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis. Adolescents with type 1 diabetes were recruited and they wore a CGM device for 7 days. A1C and cli...