Endocrine Abstracts

Background: In the human communication process listening is often reduced to a passive, innate activity and often considered as ‘just listening’ (Wolvin 2010). Kilkelly & Donnelly (2011) advocates the promotion of a listening culture whereby children are able to voice and have their views listened to, not only to satisfy legal requirements. Much of paediatric services today are provided in the out-patient setting.Objective: The study aimed ...

Introduction and objective: Early glycaemic control is predictive of long-term control. Children who present with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at the time of type 1 diabetes diagnosis are at risk for poorer long-term glycaemic control. Intensive education and support with multidisciplinary team (MDT) input is vital to overcoming these outcomes. In this retrospective analysis, we compared 6 month-HbA1C outcomes in children with and without DKA at diagnosis.<p class="abstext"...

Introduction: Lipoatrophy (LA) was common before the advent of recombinant human insulin. More recently, insulin analogues have been widely introduced into paediatric practice. In the literature, LA has only been reported so far with insulin Lispro (Lily, USA) (n=4 adult patients and 3 children) and insulin Glargine (Sanofi-Aventis, France) (n=1 adult patient). To our knowledge; this is the first report of LA with insulin Aspart (NovoRapid), biphasic insulin Aspa...

J was born at term (2.62 kg). She presented aged six months with severe faltering growth, (weight 5.1 kg, length 57.3 cm, OFC 39.0 cm). Investigations showed elevated prolactin (1838 mIU/l) and undetectable IGF1 but were otherwise normal. Her karyotype was 46XX. A brain MRI was normal. By 11 months of age she had evident developmental delay and dysmorphic features (triangular face; hypertelorism; synophrys; broad nasal root; short nose with rounded tip; carp like mouth; short ...