ESPE Abstracts

Context: Newborns with Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) have an impaired postnatal activation of the gonadotropic axis. Substitutive therapy with recombinant gonadotropins can be proposed to mimic physiological male mini-puberty during the first months of life.Objective: To retrospectively compare the clinical (penile size, volume and testicular descent) and biological efficacy (serum concentrations of test...

Background: Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH) is a brain malformation caused by dysregulation of neuronal migration during cerebral development, resulting in nodular neuronal structures in the ventricular surface. Associated ectopy of the posterior pituitary has been reported in literature and is usually associated with deficiencies of the anterior pituitary. The occasion of an isolated central diabetes insipidus due to absence of the posterior pituita...

Introduction: Daily breakfast consumption is recommended as part of a healthy lifestyle in children and adolescents. The present study aimed to report the frequency of breakfast consumption and explore the associations between breakfast consumption and diet quality in children with overweight/obesity.Methods: In total, 1335 children/adolescents 2-18 years old were recruited in a weight-management out-patient clinic in th...

Purpose: A decline in the age of pubertal onset and increases in the prevalence of central precocious puberty (CPP) have recently been widely reported throughout the world. Based on national population data, this study was conducted to analyze Korea's CPP incidence rate.Methods: Between 2012 and 2020, data from the Korean national health insurance service for girls aged 8 years and younger and boys aged 9 years and ...

Introduction: The selection of insulin therapy for children with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) poses a challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to assess the utilization of insulin analogues in diabetic children and identify factors associated with achieving glycemic goals.Methods: In a retrospective study involving 80 children with T1DM, the impact of transitioning from human insulin to ins...

Objectives: Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) is a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes in adults. In obese children and adolescents, IFG and impaired glucose tolerance constitute distinct prediabetic stages, which do not necessarily coexist. Pathophysiological mechanisms leading to IFG in children have not been fully elucidated. Available data from cohorts of obese adolescents living in the US suggest a concurrent worsening of insulin sensitivity a...

Background: Transient neonatal diabetes (TNDM) is commonly caused by a methylation loss in the 6q24 region, either in isolation or as multiple-loci demethylation due to ZFP57 gene mutation. TNDM is biphasic; usually resolves after 2–3 months but often recurs between age 4 and late adolescence.Case: The boy was born at 38 weeks of gestation (birth weight 3340 g, healthy consanguineous Turkish parents, unremarkable pregnancy). He presented at...

Objectives: Assess the dose of levothyroxine in relation to TSH and FT4 levels at diagnosis of AHT in children with SH and OH.Methods: Eighty eight children (69 girls) with AHT were devised in regard with TSH and FT4 at diagnosis [SH-FT4 >0.9 ng/dl: Group 1: TSH: 4.5-7 mU/l, Group 2: TSH: 7-10 mU/l, Group 3: TSH: >10 mU/l and OH: Group 4: TSH>10 mU/l and FT4 ≤0.9 ng/dl]. Mean L-T4 dose was reported in μgr/Kg per day at diagnosis an...

Background: Hypothalamic-Pituitary–Adrenal (HPA) axis suppression is common during inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment of asthma, and deaths due to adrenal crisis are described. Little is known about the optimal treatment or recovery of ICS induced HPA axis suppression.Aims: To describe the treatment and outcomes of children with ICS induced HPA suppression diagnosed on the low dose short Synacthen test (LDSST).Method: The ...

Children with early signs and symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes need to be diagnosed promptly, before they become acutely unwell with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Early diagnosis and optimal management of established DKA is key to reducing morbidity and mortality. To follow the evidence based standards. To assess whether the newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes were in DKA at presentation or not. To assess compliance to guidelines on admission. As per retrospective cohort study, charts o...