PP063. Carotid artery stiffness and elasticity in gestational diabetes.

Introduction: Gestational diabetes (GMD) is gaining in importance in prenatal care due to it's increasing prevalence. These women do have a higher risk for disrupted elasticity and stiffening of the carotid artery. Aim of this study was to assess carotid intima media thickness (IMT) and vessel wall changes during pregnancy and postpartum.

[Rare differential diagnosis in a 40-year old patient with sleep apnea syndrome].

Respiratory disorders are common and important complications in acromegaly. The prevalence of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in this group of patients is high (20%-50%). Consequences of SAS are serious and associated with increased morbidity and mortality, mainly as a result of cardiovascular complications.

Oral glucose tolerance test and HbA₁c for diagnosis of diabetes in patients undergoing coronary angiography: [corrected] the Silent Diabetes Study.

Aims/hypothesis: The primary aim of this study was to compare the results of HbA(1c) measurements with those of an OGTT for early diagnosis of 'silent diabetes' in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing angiography without prediagnosed diabetes. A secondary aim was to investigate the correlation between the extent of CAD and the glycaemic status of the patient.

Methods: Data from 1,015 patients admitted for acute (n = 149) or elective (n = 866) coronary angiography were analysed.

[Diagnostic pitfalls with Cushing's syndrome].

Adrenal cortical carcinoma is a rare diagnosis and may present with hormone secretion. A histological differentiation between an adrenal cortical adenoma and carcinoma can be very difficult. However, a fast diagnosis including staging and complete surgical resection is pivotal for the prognosis of an adrenal cortical carcinoma.

[Prevalence of polyglandular autoimmune syndrome in patients with diabetes mellitus type 1].

Background And Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of autoimmune antibodies (autoimmune hypophysitis, adrenalitis, thyropathy, pernicious anemia, celiac disease) and clinically relevant endocrine autoimmune disease (AIEK) in patients with type 1 diabetes in the course of 1 year.

Patients And Methods: Antibody screening was performed in 139 diabetic patients (age 44 +/- 14 years; years since diagnosis 26 +/- 15 years; duration of diabetes 18 +/- 12 years; body mass index 26 +/- 4 kg/m(2); HbA(1c) 7.5% +/- 1.

Diabetic foot syndrome and renal function in type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus show close association.

Background: Diabetic nephropathy and diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) are two major complications of diabetes. Surprisingly, little is known of a potential relationship between renal function and the development of DFS in patients with preterminal renal insufficiency. A retrospective cohort study at a single tertiary university centre caring for a large collective of patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes was performed.

Hemoglobin concentrations are closely linked to renal function in patients with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background/aims: It has been reported that anemia is more common in patients with diabetes mellitus, and that it occurs early in the disease process.

Methods: In this study, we evaluated hemoglobin (Hb) values of patients with diabetes type 1 or 2 from a large collective receiving care from a tertiary center. A total of 751 patients with type 1 diabetes and 3,306 patients with type 2 were studied.