ESPE Abstracts

Objective: Hospitalization in pediatric intensive care unit due to critical illness may be life threatening condition associated with severe acute physical stress and concomitant hormonal changes. Whether these changes represent an adaptive response or need to be treated is still not known.Methods: Pituitary hormones evaluation in four patients who were hospitalized in pediatric intensive care unit due to different sever...

Background: Central precocious puberty (CPP), early fast puberty (EFP) and early puberty (EP) are considered as deviations from normal variability of pubertal tempo. Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists (GnRHa) have been considered the treatment of choice for CPP for decades, and later for EFP. Several pharmaceutical formulations of GnRHa have been developed, differing in the route and frequency of administration. Treatment was administered mainly by intra-...

Introduction: Primary ovarian Insufficiency (POI) occurring in youth is a devastating condition. POI is characterized by at least 4 months of disordered menses in association with menopausal follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels. The most common causes of POI in adolescence are iatrogenic and chromosomal abnormalities. Data are scarce regarding the incidence of POI in adolescents.Objectives: We aimed to estimate the incidence and the distribution of ...