Therapeutic Management and Long-Term Outcome of Hyperthyroidism in Patients with Antithyroid-Induced Agranulocytosis: A Retrospective, Multicenter Study.

Background: Antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis (AIA) (neutrophils <500/µL) is a rare but serious complication in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.

Methodology: Adult patients with AIA who were followed up at 12 hospitals in Spain were retrospectively studied. A total of 29 patients were studied.

Malnutrition at diagnosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) and its influence on survival: Using glim criteria.

Background: Malnutrition is a prognostic factor in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Sometimes, this condition is underdiagnosed, and it might influence on disease progression.

Aims: To evaluate a) nutritional status at the beginning of specialized nutritional treatment and b) the influence of initial nutritional status on disease evolution and survival in a group of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Insulinoma: a multicenter, retrospective analysis of three decades of experience (1983-2014).

Objective: To analyze the clinical features, diagnostic procedures, treatment, and clinical outcome of insulinomas diagnosed and treated in the period 1983-2014 in four Spanish hospitals.

Methods: All patients with either biochemical and morphological criteria of insulinoma and/or histological demonstration of insulin-secreting tumor were included.

Results: Twenty-nine patients [23 women (79.

[Visfatin in obese patients, relation with cardiovascular risk factors, a cross sectional study].

Background And Objective: Obesity and insulin resistance are associated with cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of the present study was to explore the relation of visfatin with insulin resistance, cardiovascular risk factors and anthropometry in obese patients without comorbidities.

Patients And Method: A population of 270 obese patients was analyzed in a prospective way.

Nutritional status of adult patients admitted to internal medicine departments in public hospitals in Castilla y Leon, Spain - A multi-center study.

Introduction: Studies from different hospitals confirm the high prevalence of malnutrition among inpatients. In the present multi-center study, we evaluated the prevalence of malnutrition and the relationship of different nutritional markers to length of hospital stay and mortality.

Methods: A randomized population of 213 hospitalized patients (112 males and 101 females) from nine hospitals were included in the study.