ESPE Abstracts

Objective: Transition is important for continuity of care for patients with chronic health conditions. The aimof this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a transition clinic at a tertiary hospital in long term adult service attendance.Design: Retrospective case notes review of patients seen by paediatric endocrinology at the time of transition to adult services.Measurements:</stro...

Introduction: Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) is a rare condition, where a definitive diagnosis is often hard to reach.Objectives: To describe the clinical, biochemical and genetic findings in cases with suspected HH in the West of Scotland who were referred for genetic analysis between 2016 and 2020.Methods: Information was collected on clinical assessment including family hist...

Background: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and long-term glucocorticoid treatment may be associated with an increased risk of developing cardiometabolic sequelae such as abnormal glucose homeostasis, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension, cardiovascular (CV) disease, obesity and osteoporosis.Objectives: To study the current practice amongst expert centres for assessing cardiometabolic outcomes in adult patients with 21-hyd...