Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Dapagliflozin is an oral antidiabetic drug, recently approved for type 2 diabetes and is a sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitor (iSGLT2). Its mechanism of action is glycosuria induction, associated with lowering glycemia. The effects of SGLT2 inhibition are insulin-independent, and efficacy is not affected by declining β-cell function or insulin resistance. Additional benefits: weight loss, reduction in blood pressure, lower inciden...

Obesity is growing fast worldwide. Although environmental factors play a major role, endocrine dysfunction may contribute to the weight gain. We report an invasive macroprolactinoma diagnosed in obesity setting. A 35-year-old male was referred to our endocrine outpatient department due to grade 2 obesity (IMC 38.4 Kg/m2). His weight was increasing since the beginning of his professional activity at the age of 20 due to a sedentary lifestyle. On physical examination he had an h...

IntroductionSimultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (PKT) has a beneficial effect on the evolution of chronic complications in type 1 diabetic (T1D) patients with terminal chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the CKD-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) remains a frequent complication. There are a few studies addressing the long-term evolution of bone mineral density (BMD) in these patients.AimTo charac...

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) worldwide. In clinical practice, kidney function is routinely assessed through glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimated by equations. However, the accuracy of current equations has been questioned for people with diabetes mellitus (DM).Aim: To evaluate the performance of the European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC), the Full Age Spectrum (FAS) and the 2021 Chronic...

Introduction: Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) is the treatment of choice for type 1 diabetic patients with advanced kidney chronic disease (CKD), restoring normoglycemia, insulin independence and improving survival. The present study aims to analyse survival of patients undergoing SPKT and the post-SPKT metabolic profile of patients with a functioning pancreatic graft.Methods: Retrospective observational study. T1DM patients with CKD ...

Background: Insulin pump therapy is an alternative to multiple daily injections and can improve glycemic control and quality of life (QoL) in Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients. The aim of this study was to assess the differences and factors related to the T1DM-specific QoL of T1DM patients in Latvia.Methods: 87 adult patients with T1DM were included. Of them, 20 were pump users and 67 were users of injections. All recruited patients participated i...

Introduction: Factitious thyrotoxicosis is caused by intentional and surreptitious ingestion of thyroid hormone and can be a challenge in the differential diagnosis with other pathologies.Case report: Female, 35 years old, referred to our department for suspected subacute thyroiditis after COVID-19. The patient had previous medical history of hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, 2 galactophorectomies with right breast reconstruction, depressive syndrome...

Introduction: Continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGM) have revolutionized the monitoring of diabetes, allowing real-time measurement of interstitial glucose levels. Although these devices are suitable for patients on insulin therapy, they are not yet routinely used in an inpatient setting. The difficulty observed in the glycemic control of hospitalized patients under intensive insulin therapy led to the development of a protocol to study the application of CGM in these pat...

Introduction: In 2020, a group of experts proposed to change the term “non-alcoholic fatty liver disease” (NAFLD) to “metabolic-associated fatty liver disease” (MAFLD), which includes hepatic steatosis (HS) (using imaging or analytical scores) associated with overweight or obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), or the presence of two other metabolic disorders.Objectives: Analyse the impact of bariatric surgery on MAFLD.<p class="abstext"...

This paper aims to describe the followed population in the consultation, through a retrospective study in a hospital unit. This retrospective study was carried out during February 2020 to February 2022, and analyses the clinical processes of the patients that were followed in this consultation, and later analysing the data using Microsoft Excel® Over these two years, 395 patients were observed. These patients age average 61 years old, ranging from 17 to 93 years of age. M...