Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Children and Young People (CYP) with diabetes are encouraged to attend four clinics each year.(1,2) During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns regarding risk of virus transmission, reduced staff numbers and social distancing requirements, meant the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB) paediatric diabetes service had to find alternative ways to communicate with patients. This included video consultations and drive-through HbA1c clinics as a substitute for s...

Background: During the pandemic, children and young people (CYP) have been in social isolation and faced many changes to their normal routine. Limited research has been done to understand how CYP with diabetes have been affected.Objective: The objective of this study was to understand how CYP with diabetes have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: Questionnaires were produced which included both quantitative and qualitat...

Introduction: Neuroglycopaenia is recognised with abnormal neurology and development (Ab Dev) in 26–44% of children with persistent congenital hyperinsulinism (P-CHI). The prevalence of Ab Dev in spontaneously resolving CHI (R-CHI) is not known. We aimed to investigate Ab Dev in R-CHI and P-CHI children in a contemporary cohort.Methods: All children (n=67) were assessed for Ab Dev in the domains of speech, language, motor and vision, and cate...