ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Recurrent hypoglycemia is a life threatening condition. And its early diagnosis and correct diagnosis can be crucial to entail survival of the child.Objectives: To review this case with respect to the clinical scenario and critical pathways we should remember while investigating a case of recurrent hypoglycemia.Methods: History: A 5 year old, Pakistani origin, male ch...

Objectives: To identify growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in cases referred for short stature in a multi-national population and evaluate the acceptance, adherence and side effects of GH therapy in these GH deficient cases.Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis was done on all the cases referred for short stature to Pediatric endocrine facility of our hospital from January 2016 to January 2017. GHD was diagnosed on the basis of a GH response <10...

Introduction: X Linked hypoposphatemic rickets (XLH) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by variable clinical features. It is often misdiagnosed with other types of rickets. A novel effective treatment is currently available. We report four cases of XLH who presented to our centre over a period of five years and describe their clinical presentation, diagnostic, treatment challenge and outcome.CASE 1 -The child presented with short s...

Introduction: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has witnessed increasing number of researchers over last decade; for example, in-between 2015 and 2016, the number of researchers (in full time equivalent) per 1 million inhabitants was 2.4K in UAE, 1.1K in Morocco, 680 in Egypt, 604 in Qatar and 242 in Oman. Research and Development investment among Arabic countries was the highest in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirate...

Obesity remains a critical global health concern. Traditional treatment often yields limited results, necessitating innovative solutions. The Evira tool; comprising a digitless scale and a mobile application with real-time feedback, addresses these challenges by enhancing home- based monitoring. The primary aimwas to evaluate its efficacy for childhood obesity treatment in Abu Dhabi, with a secondary objective to establish non-inferiority compared to outcomes in Stockholm, Swe...

Background: Data on FGF23-related Hypophosphatemic rickets (HR)/osteomalacia in GCC are sparse. This observational registry aims to collect data on the treatment, disease burden, progression, and long-term outcomes among patients with FGF23-related HR/osteomalacia in GCC, effectiveness and safety of treatments, quality of life and healthcare resource utilization.Methods: This multicenter registry aims to enroll 200 patie...