ESPE Abstracts

In this study, we investigated pre- and post-operative serum selenium levels in paediatric patients undergoing liver transplantation at a single centre of Kyoto University Hospital. Nineteen children admitted to the Intensive Care Centre of Kyoto University Hospital between 2020 and 2023 were included. Hyposelenaemia was present in 19/19 patients (100%). Up to one and two months postoperatively, 86% and 14% presented with hyposelenaemia, respectively. Hyposelenaemia passed rap...

Case: An 8-year-old boy with Down syndrome. He was born at 36 week of gestation, birth weight was 1668 g (-2.5 SD). He complicated transient hyperinsulinemia (THI) treated with diazoxide for 2 months and hypothyroidism continuing treatment with levothyroxine. He was not detected transient abnormal myelopoiesis at neonatal period. He was diagnosed with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at age 8 years and started chemotherapy with a steroid, an...