ESPE Abstracts

Background: Through nursing collaboration within the Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Nurses (CPEN) network it has become evident that there are differences in practices across the country in the suppression of puberty.Objective and hypotheses: Exploration of these differences for pubertal suppression in Central Precocious Puberty (CPP) and Transgender (TG) youth coupled with a thorough search of current literature can inform future best pra...

Background: Permanent adrenal insufficiency (AI) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening condition in children. Patients are at particular risk during times of stress. Thus, caregivers should have good illness management skills. Despite frequent teaching and seemingly good knowledge of illness management we still see a reluctance of caregivers to administer intramuscular (IM) hydrocortisone at home when indicated, preferring instead to drive themselves...