Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In 2014 the diabetes multidisciplinary team at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Foundation Trust introduced dedicated annual review clinics for children with type I diabetes over the age of 8 years. Children receive their Consultant appointment, foot check, annual review bloods and structured education sessions in a single afternoon clinic visit. We present the results of two annual service evaluation projects, which have helped us improve the clinics and allowed u...

Background: Adult survivors of childhood leukaemia treated with bone marrow transplantation and total body irradiation (BMT/TBI) have an increased risk of diabetes mellitus (DM) disproportionate to their level of adiposity or other recognised risk factors. Post prandial hyperglycaemia due to reduced β-cell reserve after irradiation will be missed by fasting glucose (FG) levels. However, the UK National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) screening guidelines recommend...