ESPE Abstracts

Background: Central diabetes insipidus (DI) is a well-known complication of CNS trauma or tumors, but is a rare complication of hypothermia. Review of the literature reveals scant case reports of DI as a complication of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiopulmonary resuscitation or head injury, but to date there has been no mention of DI resulting from hypothermia alone.Objective and hypotheses: Severe hypothermia alone may constrict CNS blood flow, mimi...

Introduction: Early onset of obesity has very severe consequences for the rest of the life which leads to morbid obesity as adults, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea and fatty liver disease. Recently, various genetic panels have been available and are quickly becoming a standard of care to screen children with genetic panel for obesity. However, most of these variations in ethnically diverse populations have not been extensively studie...