ESPE Abstracts

Background: The period of 0–6 month of life is a short window for postnatal testicular maturation and the diagnostic of reproductive disorders.Objective: To evaluate the functional condition of the hypothalamo-pitutary-gonadal axis in 1–3 months boys with cryptorchidism.Method: 51 boys ages 1–3 months with cryptorchidism were examined: group 1–30 boys with unilateral inguinal retention testes and group 2–21...

Background: The prevalence of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in European countries is reported as 1:10–15 000. It depends on the quality of its diagnostics and efficacy of neonatal screening (NS). In Ukraine the NS was started in 2012.Objective and hypotheses: This is the first study of CAH epidemiology in children 0–18-year-old in Ukraine.Method: In 2013 it was created a database (DB) of Ukrainian children with CAH...

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is the most well-known and common chromosomal disorder accompanied by delayed growth. According to the Ukrainian national register (UNR) of children with dwarfism the growth retardation is common for all girls with TS.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of the study was to determine the growth parameters of TS girls different age and karyotype, before GH treatment.Method: According to the UNR it was p...

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is one of the most common genetic disorders associated with abnormalities of chromosome X that occurs in different populations with a frequency of 25–210 per 100 000 female live births.Objective and hypotheses:: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of TS in ukrainian children, as well as frequency variations of karyotype and age of primary diagnosis of TS.Method: We analysed ...

Background: Diabetes, acute cardiovascular events and lifelong psychological problems reflect the obesity burden. Nutrition is a key point in prophylaxis and management of overweight and there is important to know trends of nutrition to build interventional strategies.Method: There are 1021 healthy lean (LH) and 372 obese (OW) adolescents aged 10–17 y.o. were survived with original questionnaire, which also included social and psychological (Beck-Yo...

Objective: to determine risk factors of co-existing thyroid autoimmunity in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DМ).Material and Methods: 48 children with combined autoimmune pathology (45 – with T1DМ and autoimmune thyroiditis and 3 – with T1DМ and Grave’s disease) – main group, age 12.51±3.57 years) and 99 patients with only T1DM (comparison group, age 11.76±3.05 years) w...

Background: Among alimentary factors leading to obesity in children, the main ones are: consumption of high-calorie foods with high content of carbohydrates and getting more calories during the second half of the day.Objective: To study feeding habits in children of different ages with alimentary obesity compared with normative values.Methods: We compared 3-day food diaries of 115 children with alimentary obesity with nutritional s...

Background: Due to the Ukrainian Pediatric Diabetes Register (UPDR) the number of children with DM1 0-17 y.o. in 2019 was 9860 (1 in 769), with Dm2 36 (1 in 210,547) with neonatal DM (NDM) 66 (1 in 115,000), with MODY 40 cases (1 in 114,844). The diabetes prevalence rates increased from 9.3 (per 1000) in 2007 up to 12,57 (per 1000) in 2018. CSII is well established in pediatric patients with DM1. Most studies focus on such parameters as HbA1c levels...

Introduction: The birth of a child with disorders of sex development (DSD) requires a long-term strategy of monitoring and treatment which is carried out by a multidisciplinary group of professional physicians, with a mandatory understanding of the psychosocial problems in a child and parents.Materials and Methods: Gender self-identification was investigated in 20 children and adolescents with DSD aged 1.5-17 years. To d...

Introduction: A natiowide screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH) was introduced 1996 in Russian Federation and Saratov Region. Revelation of the incidence of CH is of great value at the background of moderate iodine deficiency existing in Saratov and Saratov Region. Neonatal screening is an effective method for early detection of congenital hypothyroidism, a disorder that requires the prompt initiation of the treatment, in order to prevent the subsequent...