Status and clinical and radiological predictive factors of presurgical anterior pituitary function in pituitary adenomas. Study of 232 patients.
Marta Araujo-CastroEider Pascual-CorralesAlberto Acitores CancelaSara García DuqueLuis Ley UrzaizVíctor Rodríguez BerrocalPublished in: Endocrine (2020)
More than one third of PAs candidates for surgery had APD. The male sex, diabetes, an older age, pituitary apoplexy, and larger PAs were risk factors of APD. Hence, in these patients, the hormonal study should be prioritized and the need for dynamic tests must be carefully assessed.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- growth hormone
- ejection fraction
- type diabetes
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- cardiovascular disease
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery bypass
- insulin resistance
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- acute coronary syndrome
- weight loss