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American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Annual Meeting 2023
May 04 - 06, 2023; Seattle, Washington
May 04 - 06, 2023Seattle, Washington
AACE 2023New Protocol Cuts Fasting Time to Rule Out InsulinomaStopping the fast prior to 72 hours resulted in hospital cost savings for patients with hypoglycemia in whom doctors used a new test to rule out an insulinoma, a rare pancreatic tumor.
Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2023
AACE 2023Sulfonylureas as Street Drugs: Hidden Hypoglycemia CauseIn a new case report, a person presented to the emergency department with severe hypoglycemia caused by inadvertent sulfonylurea overdose. There have been similar cases.
Medscape Medical News, May 8, 2023
AACE 2023New AACE Type 2 Diabetes Algorithm Individualizes Care Consensus statement summarizes recent guidelines, with separate graphics for complications- and glucose-centric care and weight loss medications, plus information about cost and access.
Debate Continues on Combination Therapy for HypothyroidismClinicians shouldn't dismiss patients who complain about residual symptoms despite TSH normalization with levothyroxine, say
thyroid experts who have rekindled a long-running debate at the AACE meeting.
Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
Biotin: Good for Hair and Nails, Bad for Thyroid Lab TestsNew study supports prior finding that about 7% of the population uses products containing biotin in doses high enough to interfere
with many laboratory tests, including those of thyroid function.
