Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: One third of children in the UK are overweight or obese. The Obesity Services for Children and Adolescents (OSCA) group have agreed upon a guideline for paediatricians on the assessment and management of obese children.Audit aim: To evaluate and improve the care of obese and overweight children.Method: Obese patients seen in secondary care were retrospectively audited from 2008 to 2014.Results: ...

Objectives: The use of CSII in very young diabetic children was initially limited. The criteria for continued use are better long term glycaemic control and reduced hypoglycaemia episodes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the benefits of CSII on glycaemic control, acute complications and quality of life of diabetic patients.Methods: Retrospective analyses of data from patients with type 1 diabetes from our database that were started on CSII fr...

Introduction: As in most sub-Saharan Africa, hypertension and its complications are increasingly common in Nigeria, where malaria is hyper-endemic. We established a birth cohort in Ibadan to assess the impact of maternal malaria on blood pressure (BP) in Nigerian infants over their first year.Methods: Healthy pregnant women with singleton pregnancies were followed to delivery. They had regular blood films for malaria parasites through to delivery. Growth...