Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Neonatal thyroid screening commenced in the UK in 1981. The TSH cut off point cut off point has changed from 80 mu/l to 25 mu/l over the period for early detection and referral. From April 2006 in the West midland this has dropped to 20 mu/l as upper level and 10 mu/l as lower level.Method: Retrospective audit was undertaken in our hospital on babies referred with an abnormal Guthrie test for a period of 13 years from April 1996 to April 20...

Introduction: Microalbuminuria is the first of sign of incipient nephropathy and other micro vascular complications in the diabetic population. Up to 30% of the paediatric diabetic population are at risk of developing microalbuminuria by the age of 20. NICE 2006 recommends microalbuminuria screening from 12 years of age in children with type 1 diabetes however there is no guidance on specimen collection, test methodology or treatment regime. The definition of microalbuminuria ...