Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Disorders of sexual development (DSDs) are estimated to occur in 1 in 4500 births. This potentially represents one baby born every other day in the UK. We aim to explore how Mersey foundation and paediatric trainees deal with newborn babies with possible DSD and identify if there is a need for further training in this subject.Methods: An online survey composed of 10 questions was distributed amongst foundation and paediatric trainees in Mer...

Introduction: Strategies for optimising adherence in patients with growth hormone disorders often focus on enabling them to achieve autonomy in the management of their treatment, including self-injection of growth hormone (GH). However, there is a scarcity of published data on the effectiveness of this approach. We conducted a survey to elicit responses from UK endocrinologists and endocrine nurses, to investigate ‘real-world’ clinical practices around the initiation...

Background: In England 15% of children are obese and 29% children are overweight (including obese). This data has huge implications for children and young people’s (CYP) quality of life and increased risk of complications as young adults, also has great costs implications for the NHS. If we can identify and support the overweight and obese CYP and their families, we should prevent them from progressing to adult obesity and reduce associated complications.<p class="abs...