Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Dulaglutide has been approved as a hypoglycemic agent for the treatment of patients with T2DM. A positive effect on carbohydrate metabolism and body weight was shown in RCT.It was found that GLP-1 agonists may prevent the progression of NAFLD directly affecting lipid metabolism and inflammation.Aim: To assess the effect of dulaglutide on carbohydrate and hepatic metabolism in patients with T2DM and NAFLD in real clinica...

Introduction: Severe hypoglycemia and retinopathy are two of the main complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). Traditionally, glycosylated hemoglobin (or A1C) has been used as the gold standard measurement of glycemic control; however, there is a significant percentage of complications riskassociated with the evolution of diabetes that is not fully explained by this single marker. Short and long-term glycemic variability has been postulated as one of the main variables that co...

Introduction: Pre- and postsurgical differentiation between follicular thyroid adenoma (FTA) and follicular thyroid cancer (FTC) represents a significant diagnostic challenge. Typical markers of malignancy may appear as specific genetic alterations. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) studies bring information about single point mutations, however better insight into follicular thyroid lesions genetic landscape, encompassing bigger rearrangements, is needed.<p class="abstext"...

Introduction: Thyroid ultrasound is the main technique to study this gland’s pathology. ACR TI-RADS system evaluates the malignancy risk in thyroid nodules according to their sonographic features and stablishes the size in which to perform fine needle aspiration (FNA) for its cytological study. Nodules diagnosed as Bethesda category 4 (B4) means are follicular neoplasms or suspicious for follicular neoplasms.Aim: Determine the pathology diagnosis o...

Introduction: COVID 19 is now a global pandemic. Diabetes is postulated to be a risk factor for mortality due to COVID –19Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the inpatient medical record data, of patients admitted over last two months in a public hospital in Central India to compare the attributes of mortality in patients without T2DM and with T2DM including their glycemic clinical characteristics. Unpaired t – test and Fisher’s exact...

Introduction: Apoplexy of pituitary microadenomas is rare and not well documented in the literature. We aimed to assess the clinical characteristics of apoplexy of pituitary microadenomas compared to that of macroadenomas.Design: A single-center retrospective longitudinal cohort study.Methods: We retrieved clinical records of patients over 18 years old, hospitalized in Rambam hospital (Haifa, Israel) between 1.1.2001–31.10.20...

Graves’ disease (GD) is an autoimmune disease caused by autoantibodies binding to and activating the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR). Chronic stimulation of the TSHR results in a hyperactive thyroid gland and hyperthyroidism. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between Rho-kinase (ROCK1 and ROCK2) gene polymorphisms and GD in a Turkish population. A total of 142 patients with HT and 163 healthy control subjects were in...

Introduction: Low vitamin D status has been associated to COVID-19 risk, and type 2 diabetic patients are a vulnerable group. Even though the Canarian archipelago is one of the sunniest spots in Europe, our prevalence of vitamin D deficit is known to be very high. The mandatory lockdown may have worsened this deficit, increasing the need for vitamin D supplementation.Objectives: Our main objective was to assess and compare the prevalence of vitamin D def...

Introduction: COVID 19 is now a global pandemic. Oxygen saturation (SpO2), male gender and diabetes have been associated as risk factors for critical care admission, intubation, and prolonged intubation in hospitalised patients. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine may have protective role of against COVID-19Methods: We retrospectively evaluated inpatient records, of patients admitted over last three months in a public hospital in Northern India t...

Graves’ disease (GD) is an organ-specific autoimmune disorder of the thyroid due to the presence of circulating anti-thyroid-stimulating-hormone receptor stimulating autoantibodies that lead to hyperthyroidism. Involvement of the genetic variants of RHO genes in GD has not been examined yet. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate possible associations between RHO gene polymorphisms and GD in a Turkish population. A total of 128 patients with GD and ...