Endocrinology (Diabetes & Metabolism)

Why Choose Endocrinology (Diabetes & Metabolism) in Vikram Hospital ?

At Vikram Hospital, endocrine service covers a wide range of issues like thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, growth (short stature), pubertal disorders (delayed, early), menstrual irregularity, menorrhagia, metabolic bone diseases like osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and parathyroid disorders.

  • Our Doctors
  • Services & Facilities
  • Treatment & Procedures

Specialist Diabetes Services: Specialist Diabetes Services are multi-disciplinary including doctors, nurses, dieticians, podiatrists and counsellors. The specialist services provided include:

  • Type 1 diabetes review and Intensive Type 1 Diabetes Management
  • Integrated Diabetes Clinic with Renal/ Vascular/ Obstetric and other departments
  • Pre-conception clinic for women with diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2) planning pregnancy and integrated antenatal and postnatal service
  • Extensive patient education/ self-management programmes (Diabetes Self Care, Survival Skills, Diabetes Intensive Care Training
  • Podiatry: Foot care, Corn and Callosities removal, In growing toenail, care of Charcot foot, special footwear for ulcers and offloading, aircast shoes etc

Endocrinology The specialist service includes:

  • Endocrine Clinics
  • Endocrine Dynamic testing
  • Multi- disciplinary Pituitary Clinics
  • Adrenal, Nuero endocrine tumours, Pituitary and Thyroid Cancer
  • Obesity
  • Osteoporosis & Metabolic Bone Disease

 

 

 

 

DIABETES

  • Intensive Insulin Therapy: Basal and Bolus, Carbohydrate Counting, Insulin Carb Ratio, Insulin Sensitivity Index
  • Insulin Pump Therapy
  • Continous Glucose Monitoring System, Aggregated Glucose Profile ( 5-15  days Sensor)

 

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Endocrine Dynamic Testing  example:

  • ACTH stimulation test
  • Dexamethasone suppression test
  • GnRH stimulation test for puberty
  • Growth Hormone Stimulation Test
  • Water Deprivation Test

Endocrine surgery and onco surgery for endocrine tumours in collaboration with respective departments