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...

Keywords: COVID-19, Diabetes Mellitus, PaediatricsIntroduction: COVID-19 has a complex relationship with diabetes. There is anecdotal evidence that it could be causative for new onset diabetes in paediatrics. In this audit, we aim to study our cohort of new onset diabetes in children and young people (CYP) during the COVID pandemic in a DGH setting. We sought to identify any causative or associational link between COVID-19 and new onset diabetes.<p c...

Diabetes is a common presentation in children and young people. We describe a case of undiagnosed cystic fibrosis (CF), where diabetes was the presenting diagnosis. A 14 year old girl presented with a 2-month history of weight loss, abdominal pain, polyuria and polydipsia. Blood glucose was 31.4 mmol/l with ketones of 0.8 mmol/l, and a diagnosis of T1DM was made. Initial bloods showed HbA1c 150 mmol/mol, normal thyroid function, negative TTG, and negative TPO, GAD and IA2 anti...