LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Human chorionic gonadotropin monotherapy for the treatment of hypogonadal symptoms in men with total testosterone > 300 ng/dL

Madhusoodanan, Vinayak; Patel, Premal; Lima, Thiago Fernandes Negris; Gondokusumo, Jabez; Lo, Eric; Thirumavalavan, Nannan; Lipshultz, Larry I; Ramasamy, Ranjith.

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (5), 2019

ABSTRACT Purpose The 2018 American Urological Association guidelines on the Evaluation and Management of Testosterone Deficiency recommended that 300 ng/dL be used as the threshold for prescribing testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). However, it is not uncommon for men to present with signs and symp...

Gonadotropina Coriónica/uso terapéutico, Terapia de Reemplazo de Hormonas/métodos, Hipogonadismo/sangre, Hipogonadismo/tratamiento farmacológico, Persona de Mediana Edad, Valores de Referencia, Reproducibilidad de los Resultados, Sustancias para el Control de la Reproducción/uso terapéutico, Estudios Retrospectivos, Estadísticas no Paramétricas, Testosterona/sangre, Resultado del Tratamiento

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Low serum testosterone is a predictor of high-grade disease in patients with prostate cancer

Albuquerque, George A. M. Lins de; Guglielmetti, Giuliano B; Barbosa, João Arthur B. A; Pontes J, José; Fazoli, Arnaldo J. C; Cordeiro, Maurício D; Coelho, Rafael F; Carvalho, Paulo Afonso de; Gallucci, Fábio P; Padovani, Guilherme P; Park, Rubens; Cury, José; Nonemacher, Henrique; Srougi, Miguel; Nahas, William C.

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992); 63 (8), 2017

Summary Objective: To evaluate the relation between serum total testosterone (TT) and prostate cancer (PCa) grade and the effect of race and demographic characteristics on such association. Method: We analyzed 695 patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP), of whom 423 had serum TT collected. Patie...

Hipogonadismo/sangre, Hipogonadismo/complicaciones, Hipogonadismo/etnología, Clasificación del Tumor, Pronóstico, Antígeno Prostático Específico/sangre, Neoplasias de la Próstata/sangre, Neoplasias de la Próstata/complicaciones, Neoplasias de la Próstata/etnología, Neoplasias de la Próstata/patología, Estudios Retrospectivos, Factores de Riesgo, Testosterona/sangre, Testosterona/deficiencia

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Importance of abdominal circumference and body mass index values in predicting male hypogonadism – A practical approach

Jaworski, Paulo Eduardo Dietrich; Ramos, Anderson; Nicoleit, Arthur Radaelli; Bacarin, Luis Fernando de Almeida; Olivo Neto, Pedro.

Arch. endocrinol. metab. (Online); 61 (1), 2017

ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to correlate the values of abdominal circumference (AC) and body mass index (BMI) with the levels of total testosterone (TT), free testosterone (FT) and sexual hormone binding globulin (SHBG). We aimed to analyze the association between the anthropomet...

Biomarcadores/sangre, Índice de Masa Corporal, Estudios Transversales, Hipogonadismo/sangre, Hipogonadismo/diagnóstico, Estudios Prospectivos, Globulina de Unión a Hormona Sexual/análisis, Testosterona/sangre, Circunferencia de la Cintura

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