ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is rare in the pediatric population, but the incidence is increasing every year. Thyroid nodules are known to be less common in children than in adult, but it is one of the most common endocrine malignancies in the pediatric population. The tumor can develop at any age, but is more common in adolescence and is the second most common tumor in adolescents. Differentiated thyroid carcinoma includes two different types, papillary thyro...

Background: Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic disease in the childhood. As young patients have to live with diabetes most of their lives they have higher risk of complications. HbA1c has been approved as indicator of metabolic compensation in the guidelines. So if we control the level of HbA1c we can predict and avoid the early development of diabetes chronic complication.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of the research was to explore the struc...

Background: Children with different growth disorders need therapy with recombinant human GH. Although mostly therapy leads to good results there are clinical cases when the therapy is not working. One of the reasons is patient’s and patient’s family’s adherence. That’s why it is necessary to explore what are the adherence and its impact on therapy’s outcome. Growth disorders can make an influence to all humans’ life, that’s why if it is possi...

Background: Since 1975 the prevalence of obesity has tripled. As one of the habits of a healthy lifestyle is to reduce the fast sugars in our meals, the supply of non-nutritive sweeteners in the food supply has increased by offering sweeter meals without extra calorie intake.Objectives: To explore the characteristics of students and young adults’ lifestyle habits and consumption of non-nutritive sweeteners and their...

Background: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a frequent complication of obesity in both adults and children and there is an alarming increase in prevalence of both. Studying of risk factors for NAFLD in children and adolescents might help to select vulnerable groups to start an early intervention.Objectives: The aim of our study was to detect the prevalence of NAFLD in pediatric obese patients (0-18.9 years, ...

Background: Public health research shows that the prevalence of obesity is increasing rapidly not only among adults, but especially among adolescents and children. Obese children and adolescents are at risk of early chronic complications such as cardiovascular diseases, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), type 2 diabetes mellitus, various types of tumors, orthopedic problems, serious psychological and neurological problems.<strong...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrinopathies in adult women. Syndrome is characterised by hiperandrogenism, oligo/amenorrhoea and polycystic ovary morphology in ultrasound. Clinical signs of the syndrome usually start already during adolescent years. Non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCAH), caused by several mutations in CYP21A2 (6p21.3) gene, is the most common differential diagnosis for girls presented with symptoms of P...

Clinical case: 05.11.2017 – On the visit of endocrinologist came 16-year-old girl arrives on an outpatient visit to evaluate and treat post-operative hypothyroidism. The patient has complaints about periodic pain in the neck of the scar area. From an anamnesis it is known that in December 2016, a patient was diagnosed thyroid papillary carcinoma at stage T1b. 07.12.2016. extirpation of total right thyroid lobe on is complete, after receiving a histological answer on March...

Background: According to World Health Organization, balanced diet and regular physical activity is the key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to evaluate lifestyle habits of the healthcare personnel in Latvia.Method: Data about eating habits, physical activity, duration of sleep and other lifestyle factors were collected from medical students, medical residents and specialized doc...

Introduction: Abnormal levels of lipids and lipoproteins are recognized as a prominent cardiovascular risk factor associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In many studies childhood obesity has been shown to be associated with increased levels of total cholesterol (TH), triglycerides (TG), LDL-cholesterol, and decreased levels of HDL-cholesterol.Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of dyslipidemia (abnormal levels of all of ...