ESPE Abstracts

Background: The classical presentation of type 1 diabetes mellitus is as diabetic ketoacidosis. As health awareness and access to healthcare improves, more subjects with type 1 diabetes are diagnosed early and present with less severe forms of hyperglycaemia. India accounts for most of the children with type 1 diabetes in South East Asia, but studies on the initial presentation is lacking from India.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of the study was to a...

Background: Post renal transplantation, tubulopathies may occur as an effect of transplantation itself or secondary to the use of immunosuppressive regimes. This often requires administration of large doses of sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride, resulting in poor compliance. Adult studies have shown the advantages of fludrocortisone in the treatment of severe tubulopathies post renal transplant. There is limited data in children. We report our experience from a tertiary pa...