ESPE Abstracts

Objective: To evaluate cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in type 1 Diabetics and to detect its relation to coronary artery calcification.Patients and methods: It is a cross sectional study included 62 diabetics and 30 controls. Clinical, laboratory assessment and 24 h holter were done for all patients and controls and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring by multisclice CT was done for all patients only. t-test, Mann–Whitney U-test ...

Objective: To determine the influence of adolescent girls with type 1 DM on circulating levels of adiponectin and to study the relation between adiponectin level with glycemic control and complication of diabetes.Patients and methods: The study included 40 female adolescent type 1 diabetic patients and 40 healthy volunteer of the same age and sex. Blood sample was taken for assessment of glycosylated haemoglobin, lipid profile and adiponectine. Urine sam...

Background: Child Obesity is a major health problem. It is mainly due to a high diet and low physical activity. In some cases, they may be due to genetic causes. It must be detected and treated precociously due to an increased risk of early onset of diseases, including diabetes and heart disease.Objective and hypotheses: Search the frequency, clinical and etiological characteristics of obesity in children and adolescents.Method: Th...

Background: Small gestational age (SGA) is defined by a small size and/or a birth weight <−2 DS/standards for the term of pregnancy. Most of these children catch up to their size in the first 2 years of life. Only 10% of them will stay with a size of <−2 DS. These children may benefit from treatment with GH, which improves their stature prognosis.Objective and hypotheses: Study the final height of children with IUGR have reached adult...

Background: Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is the most common thyroid disorder in the paediatric age range. However, the development of thyroid dysfunction in biochemically euthyroid children with positive TPOAbs and associated risk factors is unclear.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the evolution of children with positive TPOAbs and normal thyroid function and identify predictive factors for the development of thyroid dysfunction.<p class="a...

Background: The hypothyroidism is defined by an elevated TSH with normal fT4 and the absence of symptoms of hormonal deficiency. In children and adolescents, it is mainly due to chronic thyroiditis or radiotherapy for cervical cancer.Objective and hypotheses: Assess clinical, etiological and evolutionary characteristics of subclinical hypothyroidism in children and adolescents.Method: This is a retrospective and prospect...

Background: The hCG stimulation test is a valuable method for assessing androgen production but there is a need to explore its utility in assessing androgen responsiveness and long-term prognosis.Objective and hypothesis: Our aim was to explore the effect of hCG stimulation on the peripheral transcriptome in boys undergoing investigation for DSD.Method: Thirteen boys undergoing investigation for 46,XY DSD received i.m. hCG 1500 U o...

Background & objectives: An important aspect of managing type 1 diabetes is to identify and address the apprehensions of patients and parents of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. Understanding parental difficulties in managing type1 diabetes and promptly dealing them will surely affect the short and long-term outcome in children. The aim of this study was to determine the affective response of parents after the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in a developing c...

Background and Objectives: Managing type 1 diabetes (TIDM) in covid pandemic is a real challenge in resource limited countries like Pakistan. This study was aimed to determine the effects of covid 19 in managing type 1 diabetes in resource limited countries.Methods: Cross-sectional observational study, included all type 1 diabetes patients who were already enrolled in endocrine and diabetes clinic and were on regular fol...

Objectives: This retrospective and descriptive study aim to study the frequency of children who have a pubertal delay and who are followed at the Department of Pediatrics II at the Children’s Hospital of Rabat. Materials and Methods: Among 1850 records collected, 24 patient records that meet the criteria for inclusion. A delay in the appearance of sexual characters: the lack of breast development after the age of 13.5 years in the girl and the lack of inc...