Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Management of type 1 diabetes in children is a complex process. Active participation of the child and family in diabetes care is essential for achieving good glycaemic control. A good parental understanding of diabetes and its management would be considered a prerequisite for their involvement in the care of their children’s diabetes. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between parental knowledge of diabetes self management and glycaemic control of ...

Aim: To explore parents’ views on what information should be given when a child is diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.Method: A questionnaire based, mixed quantitative and qualitative pilot study was conducted. All children diagnosed in the previous year were identified. A questionnaire which contained a list of topics recommended by NICE/ISPAD was developed. Parents were asked to complete this after their clinic appointment. They were asked to divide t...

GH therapy has been reported to increase insulin resistance, but overt diabetes is rare. We present a young girl who developed symptoms of diabetes whilst on GH therapy with resolution of symptoms and normalisation of blood glucose profile on reducing the dose of GH.Case report: A 14-year-old girl with background of prematurity, learning difficulty, cerebral palsy, scoliosis, and pan hypopituitarism presented with chest infection, high blood glucose leve...

Background: Turner syndrome has well recognised cardiovascular complications that appear in up to 40% of the patients and are more common in monosomy X. Left sided obstructive lesions are relatively more frequent and predispose to aortic root dilatation and life threatening aortic dissection. Patients with bicuspid aortic valve, hypertension, coarctation and aortic stenosis are at high risk of aortic dilatation and dissection. Various follow up strategies are in use but there ...