ESPE Abstracts

It is noted that patients with heart disease (HD) are likely to develop abnormal glucose metabolism and this metabolic deterioration usually occurs after middle age. However, we recently had two patients with congenital HD, who developed type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in their adolescence.The first patient underwent Fontan operation at 2 years of age for single ventricle and pulmonary atresia. His paternal grandfather had type 2 DM. He noticed polydipsia and polyuria at 15 year...

Context: Maternal Graves’ disease (GD) may lead to not only thyrotoxicosis but also hypothyroidism in neonates. We describe a case of transient central hypothyroidism (CH) due to undiagnosed maternal GD.Case presentation: A 4-month old Japanese girl visited our hospital for the treatment of hypothyroidism. She was born after 37-week gestation, weighting 2320g. She developed hypoglycemia and admitted to the prior hospital. She exhibited hypothyroxine...

Background: In initial treatment of DKA, volume expansion should begin with 0.9% saline to restore the peripheral circulation. The use of large amounts of chloride-rich/bicarbonate-free fluids may cause the rapid development of hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, which is described in ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018.The severity of DKA, defined by pH, HCO3- Base Excess (BE), is one of the factor...