ESPE Abstracts

Background: The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents has increased significantly worldwide with an alarming rise of its co-morbidities. The excess of visceral adipose tissue is associated with hypertension, prothrombotic and pro-inflammatory states leading to cardiovascular diseases.Aim of the study: To find possible associations between visceral obesity and plasma fibrinogen, as one of the cardiovascular risk factors, in obese children....

Introduction: Recombinant growth hormone (GH) is an effective treatment for short children who are born small for gestational age (SGA). Short children born SGA who fail to demonstrate catch-up growth by 2-4 years of age are candidates for GH treatment initiated to achieve catch-up growth to a normal height in early childhood, maintain a normal height gain throughout childhood, and achieve an adult height within the normal target range. However, some children ...

Objectives: To assess the long-term effect of growth hormone (GH) therapy in children with Turner Syndrome (TS)Patients and methods: We evaluated retrospectively the anthropometric data of 10 girls with TS short children (height SDS <-2) who were diagnosed and treated with GH (0.05 mg/kg/day) between January 2007 till 2018 in our tertiary care center. Before and during GH treatment, auxological and biochemical parameters including He...

Background: Obesity is highly prevalent worldwide, particularly in the MENA region. Whilst simple obesity has a variable genetic and environmental basis, syndromic and non-syndromic monogenic obesity has a strong genetic component. Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) mutations are the commonest cause of monogenic obesity. MC4R also regulates neuropathic pain pathways via JNK signaling after nerve injury.Methods: Five children...

Objective: Puberty has a significant contribution to different psychosocial wellbeing aspects. Hence; it is crucial to understand the normal variations in onset and tempo of puberty in a specific population. In this study, we aimed to provide normative data on timing of onset of puberty and age of menarche in Saudi schoolgirls in RiyadhMethods: This is a cross-sectional field study (2011-2013) including Saudi schoolgirls...

Background: Hypertension is a recognized complication in children with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency, treated with glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids. This study aims to compare the clinical and laboratory characteristics of children with CAH who developed hypertension with those who maintained normal blood pressure (BP) over a treatment course.Methods: This retrospective cohor...

Background: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) is a complex endocrine condition with varying presentations, one of which includes precocious puberty. Understanding how precocious puberty affects clinical parameters in pediatric CAH patients is crucial for optimizing management strategies.Methods: This study conducted a comprehensive statistical analysis comparing pediatric CAH patients with precocious puberty (n</e...

Introduction: Nephropathic cystinosis is a rare inherited lysosomal storage disorder due to mutation in CTNS gene. Cystinosis metabolic bone disease (CMBD) represents an evident multifactorial problem in those patients necessitating multidisciplinary team approach.Methods: Prospectively eighteen patients with infantile nephropathic cystinosis had been recruited from Cystinosis Clinic, Children's Hospital, Cairo Univ...

Background: The Scottish Paediatric Endocrine Managed Clinical Network is committed to providing equity of care and education across Scotland. A key role is the education of health care professionals and how this is delivered. An extensive survey using a Learning Needs Analysis Tool was completed to ascertain learning needs and their delivery across Scotland. This highlighted the desire to have online learning available to health professionals.Objective:...

Introduction: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare neurodevelopmental genetic disease caused by the loss of expression of paternally inherited, imprinted genes on chromosome 15q11.2 q13.1, comprising multiple cognitive, behavioral and endocrine abnormalities. The estimated birth prevalence of PWS is approximately 1/15,000 - 25,000 live birthsObjective: The aimof this study was to identify clinical features and endocrine...