ESPE Abstracts

The Flash glucose monitoring System(FGMS) is a system of measurement of the interstitial glucose levels in real time, safe, effective and doesn´t require calibration. Its low cost has allowed to be approved for all children under 18 years old by our Regional Health Service.Objective: To assess the impact during this first year of use of FGMS in all children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes who previously used the classic method of cap...

Background: The childhood obesity is a common reason for consultation, due to the increase of this disease in our society, the instruction of the patient and the family consumed many resources.Objective: Study the obese children who attended during the year 2012 valuing the results at 4 and 8 months.Method: 37 obese children(SDS >2), valuing sex, age, family history (FH), anthropometrics measures at birth and the time of the st...

Background: Neonatal hypocalcemia is defined when the total calcium levels are under 8 mg/dl (Ionic Ca < 1.1 mmol/l) in the full-term newborn, and under 7 mg/dl (Ionic Ca < 1 mmol/l) in the preterm. The fetus entirely depends on the maternal contributions of 25-OH-vitamin D, whose levels are directly correlated with diet and solar exposure. The largest transfer in calcium and vitamin D occurs in the third trimester of gestation, so prematurity is an important risk fact...