Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0011p147 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006

Psycho-biological correlates of free-floating anxiety symptoms in male patients with sexual dysfunctions

Combes J , Chabroux S , Ory JP

Introduction and objectives: Anxiety has a relevant impact on everyday life, including sexual life, and therefore is considered the final common pathway by which social, psychological and biological stressors negatively affect sexual functioning. The aim of this study is to define the psycho-biological correlates of free-floating anxiety in a large sample of patients complaining erectile dysfunction (ED) based sexual problems.Methods: We studied a consec...

ea0011p508 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006

Cushing’s paraneoplastic syndrome secondary to recurrent ovarian carcinoma

Combes J , Chabroux S , Debieuvre D , Ory JP

Obesity is a major cause of chronic hypoventilation and/or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of pulmonary dysfunction and the relationship between OSAS and several clinical, functional and polysomnographics parameters in severely obese patients. 101 subjects (68 females and 33 males) aged 49.2±13.2 years (mean±S.D.), with BMI 46.8±6.5 Kg/m2 were enrolled. Sleep quality and daytime ...