ESPE Abstracts

Background: The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis may be suppressed at birth. In most infants this is tolerated well. HPA testing in infancy often generates ‘abnormal’ results although abnormalities of the HPA may not be identified and cortisol measurements often ‘normalise’ over time.[1]Aim: To contribute to the evidence base on neonatal HPA activity by reporting outcomes of infants age &...

Background:Calcium-sensing receptors (CaSR) located on parathyroid glands and kidneys act to regulate serum calcium levels. Inherited hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia and autosomal dominant hypercalciuric hypocalcaemia are due to inactivating and activating CaSR mutations respectively. We present the immediate and medium term postoperative clinical course of the first paediatric patient with hypercalciuric hypocalcaemia managed with a simultaneous parathyroid and ...

Introduction: The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health state that adolescents with significant obesity require access to evidence-based weight management services (WMS). Due to the known benefits of exercise and physical activity (PA) on physiological and psychological outcomes increasing exercise and PA should form a cornerstone of any WMS for adolescents living with obesity. However, supervised exercise interventions face challenges within a clinica...

Introduction: A promoter mutation (c.167G>T) in the phosphomannomutase 2 (PMM2) gene, either homozygous or occurring in trans with a PMM2 coding mutation, causes hyperinsulinism (HI) and polycystic kidney disease (PKD) – HIPKD. Organ-specific deficiency of PMM2 leads to the restricted phenotype of HIPKD, without typical clinical features of the Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Type 1a (CDG1a), which is caused by recessive coding ...

Controversy continues regarding surgery in infancy to address atypical genitalia in girls with CAH and other Disorders of Sex Development. There is no consensus to surgical approach. Interest in outcomes of the range of surgical and non-surgical interventions for genital diversity is growing. It is widely acknowledged that the multi-professional management to promote long term psychosocial adaptation of the child based partly on confident parenting is essential. We conducted a...

It is acknowledged that children should collaborate in research about their health conditions, and DSD research has been criticised for promoting views of parents and health professionals. However parents are concerned about professionals talking to children about sensitive subjects including fertility and sexual activity. Children may have little experience of talking about their sex development. This makes direct research involving children with DSD particularly challenging....

Background: Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations of gene CYP24A1 have recently been reported to cause idiopathic infantile hypercalcemia due to increased intestinal absorption of calcium. However, an autosomal dominant transmission with partial penetrance of the trait was also suggested.Objective and hypotheses: Evaluation of the frequency of CYP24A1 mutation and evaluation of the impact of heterozygous mutation on calcium meta...

Introduction: Easypod-connect™ for childhood growth disorders is a unique connected system that enables the transmission of injection adherence information for recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH). Although this system has the potential to facilitate greater adherence, observational studies have shown declining adherence over prolonged periods when used without additional support. Supplemental nurse practitioner support has been envisaged but not inv...

Background: Caregivers of patients with Bardet Biedl syndrome (BBS) face substantial burden from highly prevalent features of the disease, namely hyperphagia, or uncontrollable hunger, and obesity. However, the burden experienced by caregivers of individuals with BBS is not well characterized.Methods: A multicountry cross-sectional survey of caregivers of individuals with BBS was conducted to quantify the burden experien...

Background: Hyperphagia, or pathologic insatiable hunger, and early-onset obesity are prevalent clinical features of Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), a rare genetic disorder. While hyperphagia and obesity have broad impacts on individuals with BBS and their caregivers, the extent of this burden is not well characterized.Methods: This multicountry cross-sectional survey of caregivers of individuals with BBS was conducted to q...