ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Currently in Ireland, the majority of children are admitted to hospital for education at initial diagnosis, regardless of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) status. ISPAD 2022 suggests that outpatient management for metabolically stable patients is a feasible management option if adequate resources are available. This study assesses the feasibility of such management in the University of Limerick (UHL) Paediatric Department by quantifying the care and e...

Background: In August 2022, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence recommended that all adults and children with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) should have access to Continuous Glucose monitoring systems (CGM). This guidance will increase the number of T1DM patients who present in the A&E department and the use the new diabetes technologies in clinical practice. In addition, hybrid closed-loop (HCL) systems which integrate CGM and insulin pumps to au...

Statement of the Problem: Studies suggest that psychosocial factors – in addition to physical barriers – work to impair fertility and successful childbirth in women with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. This includes a reluctance to consult medical professionals as to the scope of the problem and possible solutions. This was the case with Allison Landa, who was not even successfully diagnosed with CAH until the age of 30 due to parental negligence and the terror of di...

Background: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices are novel tools to measure the impact of dietary intake on glucose rhythms/metabolism in children. There is a significant gap in the literature on glycemic response in healthy, term infants and young children up to 2 years of age.Objective: To investigate glucose excursions in response to infant feeding, using CGM in healthy 6–12-month-old infants.<p class...

Background: New-Onset Diabetes after Transplant (NODAT) is a well characterized entity in adult population but less described in paediatric and adolescent population. The development of NODAT is associated with reduced graft function. The consensus for its management is largely available for adult population with a lack of specific guidelines applicable to the paediatric population.Case: A 16-year-old patient with an established renal failure and visual ...

Background: Adult survivors of childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) treated with protocols including cranial radiotherapy (CRT) demonstrate a persistent increased BMI and a reduced final height (FH).Objective and hypotheses: We investigated the effect of chemotherapy alone (CT) on BMI and FH in an international cohort of childhood ALL survivors.Method: English patients (61% female) treated on UKALL XI protocol without CRT a...

Background: McCune–Albright Syndrome is a combination of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (BFD), café’-au-lait skin pigmentation and hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies. It results from postzygotic mutations in a-subunit of the Gsalfa protein and the consequent phenotype is a mosaic with high degree of clinical variability.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of the study is determine prevalence and characteristics of GH hypersecretion (GHH) in MA...

Background: Gonadotoxic cancer therapy may cause adult male infertility. We previously reported that, of 2/3rds of underage males agreeing to pre-treatment sperm cryopreservation before cancer treatment, 2/3rds succeeded.Objective and hypotheses: i) To evaluate how many patients banking sperm successfully (GP1) returned for post treatment re-evaluation compared with those who attempted but failed (GP2). ii) To compare intergroup survival and fertility ra...

Background: X-linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH), the most common heritable form of rickets, is a disorder of renal phosphate wasting caused by high circulating levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) that impairs normal phosphate reabsorption in the kidney and production of the active form of vitamin D. Affected children present with hypophosphatemia resulting in rickets, bowing of the legs and short stature. Limited information is available about the disease burden in child...

Background: Dominant mutations in ABCC8 can cause congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI), which is characterised by unregulated insulin secretion.Objective and hypotheses: To understand the molecular basis of medically unresponsive CHI due to dominant ABCC8 mutations.Method: We investigated ten patients with diazoxide unresponsive CHI who required a near total pancreatectomy. DNA sequencing revealed seven dominant heter...