Endocrine Abstracts

In collaboration with local borough councils and the League of Diabetes and in response to severe staff shortages, the Southern Health & Social Care Trust (SHSCT), Northern Ireland, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) team ran age banded group clinics at local Leisure centres. Due to unexpected and challenging staffing issues within the T1D team we had to think outside the box as to how we would deliver ‘clinic’ appointments in a timely manner to our children and young people ...

Type 1 diabetes is a significant condition affecting school aged children with an increasing incidence in the UK. The effects of a chronic condition such as diabetes on a child can be dramatic and are particularly evident within the school setting. The impact of this condition can also be seen on parents, affecting their career, income and quality of life. Hence, this audit aims to identify the difficulties encountered by children in mainstream education, the impact of school ...

Background: The rapid progression in diabetes related technology should in theory make it easier to self-manage diabetes. Previous studies have shown an improvement in glycaemic control and reduced disease burden. However young people show less sustained use of technology, with potential barriers hypothesised as body image difficulties, perception of standing out from peers and not wishing to have devices attached. This study aims to explore the reasons young ...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition resulting in insulin deficiency. Surveillance of other autoimmune disorders such as coeliac disease and hypothyroidism is common practice due to their higher co association. We describe a case of a 14 year old girl with 2 rarer autoimmune conditions; primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)Case summary: A 14 year old girl presented ...

Introduction: Diabetic Ketoacidosis is a life threatening emergency. BSPED has updated their guideline with changes in the fluid management (bolus dose for shock, de-escalate early use of inotropes, percentage dehydration in moderate DKA and maximum weight)Aims: To determine the clinical features and outcome of new presentations of DKA in 0–16 year age range and audit fluid managementM...