ESPE Abstracts

Suboptimal head growth in utero and in early neonatal life may affect linear growth and weight gain during infancy. We studied linear growth and weight gain of 56 preterms (GA = 33.5 +/- 2.2 weeks) with birth weight >1.5 < 2.5 kg) for two years. They were classified at birth into two groups (group 1 with HCZ <-1) (relatively small head for GA) (35 +/- 2 weeks) and group 2 with HCZ > -1 (GA = 33 +/- 1.7 weeks)Results: Preterm ...

We analyzed the effect of having different BMI and BMI SDS, if any, on linear growth (HtSDS) in a cohort of prepubertal children (n = 102) in different BMI categories. In addition, we studied the effect of weight changes on linear growth in a randomly selected group of underweight children after nutritional rehabilitation (NR).Subjects and Methods: All prepubertal children between 1 and 9 years presented to the general pediatric clin...

Abstract: We report the effect of different forms of dysglycemia on the occurrence of neonatal hypoglycemia in a large cohort of pregnant women studied as a part of a PEARL-Peristat Study, funded by QNRF- Doha-QatarMethods: Out of 12255 pregnant women screened during 2016-2017, 3027 women were identified with gestational diabetes (GDM) (WHO criteria) and 233 were diabetic (DM) before pregnancy. All dysglycemic women were...

Introduction: Several factors contribute to the risk of neonatal macrosomia (NM) and its associated hypoglycemia (NH) in pregnant women.Objective: To determine the prevalence of NM and its association with NH in a large cohort of normoglycemic and dysglycemic women.Methods: Out of 12255 pregnant women screened during 2016-2017, 3027 women were identified with gestational diabetes (...

We analyzed the clinical data and the growth parameters of 50 newborns and young infants (age: 1.6 ± 0.9 months) admitted to our hospital (Al Wakhra Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Doha, Qatar), between 1-1-2016 to 1-1-2017, with acute meningitis. Anthropometric measurements included weight, length, and head circumference. Length SDS (L-SDS) and body-mass-index (BMI) were calculated and recorded at every clinic visit, every 3 months for 8 ± 2 months.<p class=...

Background: Down syndrome (DS) is associated with thyroid dysfunction including both congenital and acquired hypothyroidism (HT) However, data about thyroid function in infants < 1 year with DS is scarce.The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of different thyroid dysfunctions in a cohort of infants with DS (n = 47) (22 M, 25 F) and follow up their linear growth and weight gain for an average of 4 years.<p cla...

Anthropometric somatotype components show significant resemblance in monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic twins (DZ) twins within each sex with a greater resemblance within MZ twin pairs than within DZ twin pairs. In many studies a significant positive correlation was found between the parental height and the height of girls with TS.This girl with Turner syndrome {46, X, i(Xq) presented at the age of 7.5 years for evaluation of her short stature. Her clinical ...

We evaluated the final height and the endocrine complications encountered in young adult patients with Thalassemia Intermedia (TI) followed at Hematology Section, Doha (Qatar) in relation to the liver iron content (LIC) in non-transfused versus infrequently transfused TI patients.Patients and Methods: This retrospective cohort study was performed on 28 young adults with TI who were randomly selected from the Hematology clinic, National C...

Introduction: The overall age-adjusted incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) varied from 0.1/100,000 per year in China and Venezuela to 36.8/100,000 per year in Sardinia and 36.5/100,000 per year in Finland. This represents a 350-fold variation in the incidence among the 100 populations Worldwide. In the early 1990s, T2DM it was representing about 3 percent only of pediatric diabetes in the United States, but by 2003, T2DM reached about 20 percent of pediatric diabetes.<p cl...

Introduction: The clinical and genetic characteristics of T1D cases with and without affected family members have been previously studied with varying results. Some investigators found a similarity of presenting features whereas others reported significant differences between the two groups.Patients and methods: This was a cross sectional descriptive study to determine the clinical presentation and prevalence of beta cell autoimmunity (Anti GAD, anti-isl...