ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Nutritional education is a cornerstone in the management of the type 1 diabetic patient in combination with insulin and physical activity. The objective of our study was to explore the nutritional profiles of type 1 diabetic children during their first hospitalization.Materials and methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study carried out 100 type 1 diabetic patients less than 15 years old hospitalized in the Endocrino...

Introduction: Pituitary tumors are rare in children and adolescents. The etiology is dominated by craniopharyngiomas. The main clinical presentation is the tumoral syndrome. These lesions often affect growth and pubertal development. The objective of our work is to study the clinical and etiological characteristics of pituitary tumors in the pediatric population.Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study involving 0...

Introduction: Since its introduction in the 1970s, insulin pump therapy became more and more recommended in patients with type 1 diabetes, in order to achieve and maintain an optimal glycemic control, by mimicking the physiological release of insulin through continuous infusion. The aim of our study was to determine the effectiveness of insulin pump therapy in improving the metabolic control in children with type 1 diabetes.Patients and ...

Key-words: Type 1 diabetes - growth abnormalitiesIntroduction: Autoimmune type 1 diabetes is the most common endocrine disease in children. Like any other chronic disease, it can affect their growth. The aim of our work was to describe the different growth abnormalities observed in type 1 diabetic patients followed-up in the department of Endocrinology-Diabetology-Nutrition of Mohammed-VI University Hospital Center of Oujda, in the easte...

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome is rare in the paediatric population, affecting 0.89 per million children between the ages of 0 and 20 years. The causes of Cushing’s syndrome of endogenous origin are dominated by pituitary causes in 70-95%, with a peripubertal revelation. We report the case of a child followed for Cushing’s disease in the department of Endocrinology-Diabetology-Nutrition of Mohammed-VI University Hospital Center of Oujda, in th...