Endocrine Abstracts

The management of childhood obesity has evolved from hospital led treatment to community-based programmes. This is an audit reviewing the impact of the active children eating smart (ACES) programme for overweight/obese children on the dietetic department in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children; Glasgow. A retrospective audit was carried out of referrals to the dietetic department. Clinic lists for dietetic appointments in 2008 and 2010 were identified and reviewed. In 2008 and...

Background: Childhood-onset GH deficiency (CO-GHD) is perceived to be a cause of low bone density and osteoporosis in adulthood. Data on bone mass and body composition of GH-treated adolescents with CO-GHD at final height are inconsistent.Aims: To compare size/height corrected parameters of bone mass and body composition in adolescents with CO-GHD at final height.Method: Review of CO-GHD treated patients at final height between 200...

Background: GH therapy in adolescents with childhood onset GH deficiency (CO-GHD) is often necessary to prevent adult GHD syndrome and requires a re-evaluation of the GH axis on attainment of final height. Not all individuals with CO-GHD remain GH deficient and re-evaluation is required to confirm or refute adult GHD.Aim: Review the care received by young adults diagnosed with CO-GHD.Design: Retrospective review of young adults wit...

Introduction: A multi-disciplinary endocrine Adolescent Transition Clinic (ATC), with key professionals from paediatric and adult services, was instituted at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, in October 2008 serving young people in the West of Scotland. A good transition should improve clinic attendance, health outcomes and quality of life into adulthood.Aim: To systematically review the success of ATC in engaging young people following thei...