ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Children with Small for Gestational Age (SGA) are known to have lower neurocognitive development and an increased in cardiovascular risk in adulthood. 10% of SGA don´t usually do the catch-up and if they meet criteria they have indication to follow Growth Hormone (GH) treatment.Objectives: To establish the difference between SGA diagnosed children who did or did not catch-up (treated with GH), in terms...

Background: Obesity is characterised by excessive fat accumulation coursing with a chronic mild inflammatory state, with adipose tissue (AT) being the main site of increased systemic cytokine production. Increased adiposity early in life is the main risk factor for cardiometabolic disorders later in life, with the abnormal accumulation of lipids in AT leading to the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Inflammatory process that involves metabolic and card...

Introduction: Short stature is defined as stature less than −2 standars deviations (SD) for a person’s age and sex of the reference population. Short for gestational age children (SGA) represent 20% of all children with short stature. 10% of these can not catch-up and remains their height below −2 SD. Growth hormone (GH) treatment is a recognized therapy for SGA children authorized in Europe at 4 years old. There are studies that support that younger children ...

Background: Human placenta exhibits a specific miRNA expression pattern. Some of these miRNAs are dysregulated in pregnancy disorders like preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), and are potential biomarkers for these pathologies. No studies have been performed in maternal obesity.Objective and hypotheses: (1) Define the placental miRNA profile in pregnant women with: a) pre-pregnancy (preOB) or gestational obesity (gestOB), b) gestation...

Introduction: A fundamental element in the successful diabetes management is the education of patients. Modern technology opens new horizons and provides new tools in empowering patients in their learning process.Objectives: Presentation, evaluation and critical medical review of ‘My Diabetes’ application whose Spanish version has been studied, reviewed and analysed in detail by our endocrinology unit and D-parents. Provide insight into its pot...

Cushing’s disease (CD) is rare entity especially in pediatric patients. It is associated with significant morbidity. Early diagnosis and treatment is important for optimal outcome.Aim: To evaluate the clinical, biochemical, pathology, treatments and outcome in a cohort of CD pediatrics patients in a single tertiary center.Subjects and Methods: Retrospective review of 27 medical records of CD ...

Background: The flash glucose monitoring system (FGMS) has been a great advance in quality of life for patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, it is a more expensive method.Objectives: To describe the characteristics of the pediatric population (<18 years) diagnosed with T1D using FGMS, during one year in our community. To assess the degree of satisfaction and possible inconveniences. To evaluate the ...

Background: Testicular atrophy is a rare complication following inguinal hernia repair particularly in children<2 years and those with an undescended testis at highest risk> with an undescended testis. Inhibin B is secreted from the testis as a product of Sertoli cells, and has been suggested as a good marker for spermatogenesis. Its value is expected to be very low in children with bilateral testicular atrophyCase Report...

Introduction: Obesity is associated with comorbidities such as hypertension (HTN), and other alterations in blood pressure (BP) such as: masked hypertension and alterations in the circadian cycle variability, that only can be detect through ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).A higher prevalence of masked hypertension has been reported in obese subjects, up to 4.3%. Also a loss in drop from mean daytime to mean night-time lev...

Background: BoneXpert is a software for automated measurement of bone age (BA) and radiogrammetry (bone health index). The precision error of the software for BA measure is smaller than the human rating error and the accuracy relative to the human routine ratings is 0.80 years. Differences in skeletal maturation between ethnicities have been reported, so it is important to have specific references for the own population.Objective: To present the automate...