ea0023oc3.5 | Oral Communications 3 | BSPED2009
Moon Rebecca
, Sutton Timothy
, Wilson Peter
, Kirkham Fenella
, Davies Justin
Introduction: Post-traumatic hypopituitarism (PTHP) is a recognised sequel of traumatic brain injury (TBI), occurring in 2569% of adult patients, but there are few data on the prevalence or natural history in childhood. Our aim was to determine pituitary function in children at least 4 years after TBI requiring paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission. At the same time body composition was evaluated.Methods: Children discharged from the regi...