Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Our adolescent transition diabetes clinic (16–24 years) is run by a multi-disciplinary team (adult and paediatric diabetes consultant, diabetes specialist nurses and a dietician) every 4 months.Aim: Questionnaire survey of patients understanding of their diabetes and satisfaction about the running and set-up of this unique transition clinic.Method: A two-page questionnaire given to patients attending clinic or po...

Introduction: Management of adolescent diabetes is challenging due to a complex interplay of physiological and psychological factors.Aims: To audit the outcome of our local hospital adolescent diabetes clinic.Method: Adolescents aged 16–24 years are seen by our multi-disciplinary team (adult and paediatric diabetes consultant, diabetes specialist nurses and a dietician) every 4 months after transfer from paediatric service. We...

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) has emerged in youth, disproportionately affecting ethnic minorities. Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) has been reported in exclusively white UK children. We report the first UK Asian children with MODY, highlighting differences from T2DM.Child 1 is a slim (BMI SDS−0.14) female of Indian descent without acanthosis nigricans (AN). She presented aged 12 years with polydipsia and polyuria (HbA1c 8.6%). Hypoglycaemia w...