ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Health literacy has been linked to poorer diabetes control and outcomes. Caregivers with poor health literacy may fail to comprehend various elements of diabetes education leading to poor glycaemic control of their children. No studies to date had investigated the link between caregivers’ health literacy and their children’s glycaemic control in an Arabic-speaking population.Objectives and hypothesis: Our aim is to study the link ...

Introduction: Vitamin D defciency is a common health concern among all children world wide.together with the rapidly increased prevalence of diabetes mellitus\.This study was conducted to determine if diabetes is associated with increased risk of vitamin D deficiencydy examination the influences of diabetes effecting status on specific patients disease characteristics in regards to vitamin D level among children from saudi arabia.Methods: All retrospecti...

Background and Objectives: Pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA) is a rare condition characterized by hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis and high plasma aldosterone level. Pseudohypoaldosteronism secondary to gastrointestinal losses is rare in the pediatric population. We present a case with secondary pseudohypoaldosteronism due to excessive gastrointestinal losses through ileostomy.Methods: A 1.5 year-old-male child...

Hyponatremia is a common electrolytes disorder in children. It can result from sodium chloride losses through GI, the kidneys, or in the sweat. Sodium chloride loss in the sweat can be caused by many different etiologies as cystic fibrosis, malnutrition, metabolic diseases, dermatological diseases and endocrine diseases. We are reporting a 6 months old boy, medically free, who had recurrent admissions to the PICU as a case of hyponatremic dehydration, with a sodium level of 11...

Background: 15% of patients with Williams syndrome develop hypercalcemia that is described as mild and transient. There are, however, reported cases with severe hypercalcemia that did not respond to traditional therapy. Pamidronate was used in the treatment of this condition, and was successful in the few reported cases in the literature.Case presentation: We report a 9 month old female who presented with failure to thrive, polyuria and polydipsia. She h...

Sitosterolemia is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting lipid metabolism which is characterized by decreased biliary excretion and increased absorption of plant sterols and cholesterol, leading to significantlyelevated serum levels of plant sterols. Approximately 80 homozygous or compound heterozygous variants in adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette subfamily G genes (ABCG5/ABCG8) genes have been described in patients with genetically confirmed sitosterolemia. Clinicall...

Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) is approved for short stature associated with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), idiopathic short stature (ISS), Turner syndrome (TS), multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies (MPHD), Silver Russell syndrome (SRS) and being born small for gestational age non syndromic (SGA). Objectives: To assess the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of rhGH in children with GHD, TS and those born SGA. Methods: ...

Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) causes detrimental effects on physical growth which is attributed to poor appetite, altered endocrinologic profile and neurotransmitter metabolism consequent to iron deficiency.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the iron status of preschool children with IDA and its association with the degree of growth retardation at presentation, and to detect the effect of iron supplementation on growth velocity (GV) over...

Background: Diabetic neuropathy is recognised as the most common clinical picture of nervous system disorders caused by DM and is considered the most common type of neuropathies.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the relationship between the sonographically measured cross-sectional area (CSA) of the median nerve and nerve conduction study (NCS) in children with type1 diabetes (T1DM) complaining of DPN.Method: 40 children withT1D...

FDA licensed the use of human recombinant growth hormone (hGH) in girls with Turner Syndrome (TS) in 1997 as short stature is a consistent feature of this syndrome.Objective: we aimed to assess our 1-year experience of treating short girls with TS, to calculate their growth velocity, to analyze the patients’ characteristics and to investigate the possible factors that might affect their height gain.Me...