Endocrine Abstracts

Up to 25% of children and young people present in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The ‘4 T’s’ campaign, a national Education awareness programme, was led by Diabetes UK in 2013. Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of this campaign locally, after our team also raised local awareness by promotion to primary care.This was a retrospective audit of referrals of children newly presenting with T1D from pri...

Technological advances in the management of TIDM are making a significant impact on optimising blood sugar level control and improving quality of life for children with diabetes. Locally, the impact of technological advances, rising caseload and static numbers of Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurses (PDSNs) has led to a significant reduction in the ‘time to care’ as large amounts of clinic time was consumed by connections to technology and downloading by the diabete...

Background: Wolfram Syndrome (WFS) is a rare genetic progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutation in the gene encoding Wolframin, a protein located in the endoplasmic reticulum. WFS has an estimated prevalence of 1 in 770 000.The hallmark features are Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Insipidus, Optic Atrophy, Deafness(DIDMOAD) and neurodegeneration. Classic WFS1 is inherited in an Autosomal Recessive manner whereas the Non-classic form is Autosomal Dom...