Publications by authors named "F Duengler"
Diagnostic strategy for growth hormone deficiency: relevance of IGF-1 determination as a screening test.
Ann Endocrinol (Paris)
December 2007
Background: Adult growth hormone (GH) deficiency must be diagnosed before prescribing therapeutic recombinant human GH. We studied the clinical relevance of a diagnostic strategy for growth hormone deficiency (GHD) using IGF-1 determination as a first step.
Methods: In 2000 and 2001, we tested 142 adult patients with hypothalamo-pituitary disorders for somatotropic function using Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT), the reference test for the diagnosis of GHD, with concomitant Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) determination, a marker of somatotropic function.
Aims: Insulin resistance is a key feature of type 2 diabetes. It is also involved in the development and progression of microvascular complications. We analysed the relationship between parental history of diabetes, insulin resistance and diabetic nephropathy (DN) and assessed the specific maternal and paternal influences of history of type 2 diabetes on DN in type 1 diabetic offspring.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This pilot study analyses weight gain in type 2 diabetic patients at initiation of insulin therapy, according to daily calcium intake.
Methods: Type 2 diabetic patients consecutively admitted for initiation of insulin therapy were studied between January and March 2004 in a monocenter study. Dietary intake was assessed by a 7-day food history before insulin treatment (initial visit) and 4 to 6 months later (final visit).
Background: Recent studies suggest that HbA1c is an important predictor of the glycometabolic state of patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Objective: We aimed at comparing the results of HbA1c concentrations obtained by 2 different methods in patients with AMI.
Research Design And Methods: In a first study, HbA1c was measured in all patients consecutively hospitalized for AMI, during a 6 month period using the HPLC method and the DCA 2000 device in the biochemistry laboratory.
Objective: Stress hyperglycaemia increases the risk of mortality after acute myocardial infarction in diabetic and in non-diabetic patients. We aimed to determine the contribution of admission plasma glucose and HbA(1c) on post-acute myocardial infarction prognosis.
Patients And Methods: Admission plasma glucose and HbA(1c) were simultaneously measured in all patients consecutively hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction.