Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The aim of our study is to evaluate the current practice, resources available and barriers to primary and secondary professionals providing care for children who are overweight or obese.Methods: A questionnaire was sent to primary and secondary care providers including General Practitioners (GP), Practice Nurses (PN), Health visitors, school nurses and community nurses in a selected Primary Care Trust and hospital doctors in Pennine Acute Trus...

Background: We present a teenager with type 1 diabetes who sustained a substantial weight loss of 20 kg over 15 months. He had minimal insulin requirements with an extraordinarily low HbA1c.Presentation: During his presentation with excessive weight loss, he had blood tests which revealed pre-renal failure, following which he was admitted for rehydration and assessment. Apparently he was consuming fluid in excess of 2 l/day. Ultrasound of kidneys was nor...