Presence of risk factors for thyroid cancer does not improve the performance of ultrasound screening for thyroid nodules in patients with obesity.

Purpose: It has been suggested, on a theoretical basis, that ultrasound screening of thyroid nodules in obese patients with additional risk factors (family history, chronic autoimmune thyroiditis or high thyrotropin) might be cost-effective for the early detection and treatment of thyroid cancer. The present study evaluates if this approach can be validated in a real clinical setting.

Methods: Patients with obesity who attended hospital-based clinics were evaluated for risk factors of thyroid cancer and ultrasound screened for thyroid nodularity.

Prognostic Significance of Thyroglobulin Antibodies in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

Objective: To investigate whether variations in thyroglobulin autoantibodies (TgAb) are related to the recurrence or persistence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and may therefore be useful as surrogate tumor markers. . We retrospectively studied 98 subjects (83 women, 47 ± 15 years old) from an initial cohort of 1017 patients treated for DTC in five hospitals, with positive TgAb at any time during the follow-up.

Are YouTube videos useful for patient self-education in type 2 diabetes?

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of YouTube videos as an educative tool for type 2 diabetes self-management.

Design: Search terms were "diabetes diet" and "diabetes treatment." Videos were jointly assessed by two reviewers.

Use of communication technologies by people with type 1 diabetes in the social networking era. A chance for improvement.

Aims: To evaluate the health-related use of Web 2.0 tools by patients with type 1 diabetes.

Methods: Cross-sectional survey assessing views and usage of the Internet, Apps and Web 2.

A descriptive study of the characteristics of differentiated thyroid cancer in Catalonia during the period 1998-2012. The CECaT registry.

Introduction: The consortium for the study of thyroid cancer (CECaT), including 20 hospitals and one research institute, was recently created in Catalonia (Spain). One of the first initiatives of the group was to perform a descriptive analysis of the characteristics of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC).

Patients And Methods: The cohort included 1,855 patients from 11 hospitals treated over a period of 15 years (1998-2012).

Response to initial therapy of differentiated thyroid cancer predicts the long-term outcome better than classical risk stratification systems.

Objective. Although differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) usually has an indolent course, some cases show a poor prognosis; therefore, risk stratification is required. The objective of this study is to compare the predictive ability of classical risk stratification systems proposed by the European Thyroid Association (ETA) and American Thyroid Association (ATA) with the system proposed by Tuttle et al.

Escape and lipodystrophy in acromegaly during pegvisomant therapy, a retrospective multicentre Spanish study.

Background: Pegvisomant is an effective treatment for acromegaly.

Objective: To investigate escape (loss of biochemical control in patients previously controlled) and lipodystrophy in acromegalic patients treated with pegvisomant and to evaluate possible associations with clinical features.

Patients And Methods: Multicentre retrospective study involving 19 Spanish centres.

[Atherogenic dyslipidemia in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus].

Background And Objective: To assess the prevalence of lipid abnormalities, with special emphasis on atherogenic dyslipidemia and its relationship with chronic complications in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

Patients And Method: Cross-sectional study including all patients aged 18 and over, diagnosed of T1DM attending the outpatient clinic at Hospital del Mar and Hospital de Granollers, in Barcelona, during 2008.

Results: Of the 291 enrolled patients, 17.

Prevalence and related factors with the presence of albuminuria and its stages in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Background And Objectives: Despite the beneficial effects of intensive insulin therapy, nephropathy continues to be a major concern in type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). Given the scarce data on this subject in our population, we performed an observational study in order to analyse the prevalence of albuminuria and its stages in a series of patients with type 1 DM and to evaluate the related factors.

Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional study that included all patients aged 18 and over, diagnosed of type 1 DM for at least 6 months, consecutively attended during 2008 at the Hospital del Mar de Barcelona and Hospital Granollers.

[Healthcare impact of introduction of thyroid ultrasound in a thyroid nodule pathology unit].

Introduction: Worldwide incidence of thyroid cancer has increased in recent decades.

Objective: To provide evidence of the diagnostic and care efficiency of a monographic thyroid nodule clinic integrating clinical examination, ultrasound examination, and cytology with on site evaluation.

Patients And Methods: Patients attending the monographic thyroid nodule clinic from January 2004 to June 2010.

Insulin resistance and hypertension in patients with type 1 diabetes.

Aim: The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of hypertension in type 1 diabetes patients and to analyze its relationship with insulin resistance and other associated factors.

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional study on 291 patients with type 1 immune-mediated diabetes managed at two outpatient endocrinology clinics was performed. All participants were Caucasian, 18 years or older with type 1 diabetes duration of more than 6 months, who had completed the study protocol.