ESPE Abstracts

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a common, life-threatening complication of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Insulin deficiency impairs lipoprotein lipase (LPL) resulting in elevated serum triglycerides (TG) that usually normalize after establishing IV insulin.Objectives: To study the prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia during DKA in T1D patients and assess its relation to DKA severity and glycemic control after 3 months.Methodology...

Key words: Insulin resistance, triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol-(HDL-C), HOMA-IR.Background: Childhood Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease. The fundamental disorder related to obesity is Insulin Resistance (IR). The gold standard method to measure IR is by use the hyper insulinemic euglycemic clamp, rarely performed in children because of its invasiveness, complexity, time consumption and high cos...

Background: Telehealth programmes can provide purposeful and relevant solutions to facilitate management and interactions between patients with diabetes and healthcare professionals.Patients & Methods: A case control study was conducted from June 2021 till August 2022 on 140 children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes following at outpatient clinic of DEMPU (Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolism Pediatric Unit) at Cair...