ESPE Abstracts

Background: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a rare condition characterised by adrenal insufficiency and a life-long risk of adrenal crises. There is a paucity of information on the epidemiology of acute adverse events in this population.Objective: To investigate the frequency, aetiology and consequences of acute adverse events attributed to adrenal insufficiency in CAH.Methods</stro...

Background: Steroidogenic Factor 1 (NR5A1/SF-1) is essential for the development and function of human sex and steroid organs. Variants of SF-1 lead to a broad spectrum of phenotypes including adrenal insufficiency and differences of sex development (DSD), but data on the whole picture of phenotypes in individuals with SF-1 variants are currently lacking. We aim to investigate the phenotype of individuals with SF-1 variants in a large interna...

Background: In the past decades Brazil has experienced a nutritional transition process characterised by a significant reduction in malnutrition and progressive increase in overweight and obesity. Nutritional education and precocious interventions are useful strategies to combat excess weight in childhood and adolescence. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were more than 40 million children overweight in the world in 2011. In Brazil, the prevalence of exce...

Introduction – Scope: Childhood cancer has an impact on the neurocognitive functions of growing children and adolescents. The aim of this study, which is the first of its kind in Greece, was to examine the differences in neurocognitive abilities between children and adolescents survivors of brain tumors (BT), and survivors of other types of cancer.Method: Study participants were cancer survivors aged 7 to 15 years,...

Liraglutide 3.0 mg has been shown to improve body mass index (BMI) and weight in obese adolescents. And it has done so in a randomized, double-blind, phase 3 clinical trial that has investigated the effect of liraglutide 3mg. compared with placebo for weight control in 251 obese minors, and as a complement to a healthy lifestyle. Adverse events associated with the use of liraglutide 3.0 in pediatric patients are not very different from those observed in adults. There may be ca...

Background: Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a monogenic form of diabetes, with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance and high penetrance. To this date, it is known 13 subtypes of MODY with different genetic etiologies. It is characterized by high incidence in the family, an early onset and primary defect in pancreatic β-cell function.Objective and hypotheses: The primary objective of this study is to identify patients with MODY an...

Background: Chronic diseases are the main causes of bone mass reduction in childhood and adolescence. Different aspects related to the process of bone acquisition and maintenance may be affected. Studies had point out the presence of bone mass reduction in children and adolescents with HIV infection with association to antiretroviral use, chronological age (CA), weight and serum CD4 T-cell counts. However, others do not.Objective: To evaluate bone minera...

Background: Vitamin D is a pleiotropic hormone the deficiency of which is related with extraskeletal manifestations such as insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk disease.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the levels of VitaminD in a sample of children with obesity and to evaluate the relationship between carbohydrate metabolism and metabolic syndrome (MS).Method: In this prospective cross-sectional study, 189 children ag...

Background: Mauriac syndrome (MS) classically involves hepatomegaly (hepatic glycogenosis), growth impairment and cushingoid features in a patient with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The typical age of presentation is adolescence. With the advent of improved insulin regimens, MS has seen less frequently. However, new cases appear each year in medical literature.Clinical case: We report the case of a 9 years and 9 months of age male, w...

Background: One of the limiting factors in adherence to GH therapy, is satisfaction with the administration device used.Objective and hypotheses: With the emergence of a new biosmiliar GH (BGH) administration device, we will assess the simplicity, ease of use, management and pain perceived by the patients.Method: Prospective through survey caregivers and children treated with BGH at least for 6 months. Signed informed consent was r...