Endocrine Abstracts

The need for treating vitamin D deficiency arises either when patients present with musculoskeletal symptoms attributable to hypovitaminosis D or when screening of individuals at high risk reveals the presence of vitamin D deficiency, as defined by serum 25(OH)D levels <20 ng/ml. The recommended dietary intakes of vitamin D vary with age and physiological state. The recommended daily intake ranges from 400 IU in infants, 600 IU in children and adults and 800 IU in those ov...

The neuroendocrine aspects of schizophrenia generally receive little attention. This is in marked contrast to depressive disorders, where neuroendocrine issues are central to discussions of pathophysiology and treatment. Although the nature of neuroendocrine dysfunction is less well characterized in schizophrenia than major depression, a number of neuroendocrine abnormalities have been described. Hypercortisolemia has been extensively documented in patients with schizophrenia,...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas (PHEOs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors arising from chromaffin cells within adrenal medulla and autonomic paragranglia respectively. Recent evidences show that nearly one-third patients harbour germline mutation, namely in von Hippel-Lindau (VHL), REarranged during Transfection (RET), neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF 1) and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) complex genes. However, the tumor morphology arising in various syndrom...

Background: Diabetes and hypertension are among leading causes of premature adult deaths in India. Innovative approaches such as electronic clinical decision support systems (DSS) could play major role in improving quality and access to diabetes and hypertension care at primary care settings.Objective: The main objective of this study is to develop an innovative tablet-computer based DSS namely “m-WELLCARE”, and other essential support healthca...