Endocrine Abstracts

Background: NICE guidance (NG18) and East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT) CG048 recommend that in order to prevent macrovascular cardiovascular disease, services for Children and Young People with Diabetes (CYPD) offer monitoring annually from 12 years for microalbuminuria (to detect diabetic kidney disease), hypertension and dyslipidaemia. Anecdotally, elevated blood pressure (BP) readings in clinic were often attributed to anxiety or an incorrect cuff size and wer...