ESPE Abstracts

The electrolyte disorders are commonly considered as symptoms of the endocrine diseases concerning the secretion of aldosterone or antidiuretic hormone (ADH). This study is the case report of the 6-month-old girl admitted to the hospital because of the exacerbation of the chronic cough. Failure to thrive and malnutrition was also significant despite the patient’s good appetite reported by parents. She was referred to the department of the paediatric endocrinology due to m...

Objectives: To determine who spends more energy over a lifetime on maintaining their reproductive potential: men or women?Design: As a model and energetic equivalent, we set the mass of gametes supported over time from birth until exhaustion of fertility. We calculated gender-specific dynamics of gamete pool mass over time. To this purpose we collated data from existing literature, accounting for gamete volume over stage...