ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Pediatrics. 2022 1;149(6):e2021050733. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-050733. PMID: 35582897.Brief Summary: This randomized clinical trial in ‘at-risk’ neonates with asymptomatic hypoglycemia tested whether oral dextrose gel prevented the need for intravenous fluids. Oral dextrose gel reduced the need for intravenous fluids as well as admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).</...

randi.lykke-sylvest@regionh.dk Human Reproduction, Vol.36, No.9, pp. 2576–2586, 2021. PMID: 34166497.Brief Summary: This Danish register-based cohort study investigated the rate of fatherhood among 9,353 men diagnosed with cancer during childhood or early adulthood (CSs), compared with 1,386,493 age-matched males without cancer. CSs became fathers slightly less frequently than controls (36...

robertkj@uwm.edu International Journal of Obesity 2022 May 13:1–9. doi: 10.1038/s41366-022-01139-7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35562395/Brief Summary: This exploratory study presents the findings and experiences from n=117 children with obesity (BMI &gE;97th percentile for age...

kathrin.landgraf@medizin.uni-leipzig.de JCEM 2022; 107(2): e836–e851https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34448000Brief Summary: This study investigated the association of the novel adipose-derived stem cell (ASC) markers Mesenchymal Stem cell Antigen 1 (MSCA1) and CD36 with adipose tissue function in samples collected from children...

anton.holmgren@regionhalland.se Pediatr Res. 2021 Jul;90(1):184–190. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01234-3.Brief Summary: This observational study compared the pubertal growth spurt of children in a Spanish study group with severe early onset obesity to children in a Swedish community-based study. The authors show that childhood obesity i...

mirwig@bidmc.harvard.edu Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Dec;45(12):2562–2569. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00935-x. Epub 2021 Aug 16. PMID: 34400797. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34400797/Brief Summary: This retrospective chart review of 470 ethnically diverse transgender and gender diverse in...

fpbrennan@ozemail.com.au Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2022; 183: 109153. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.109153Brief Summary: In this perspective, the authors argue that a human rights-based approach to access to insulin empowers patients, families, and communities living with diabetes, and grounds actions by governments, clinicians, and non-governme...

julia.vonoettingen@mcgill.ca Can J Diabetes 2022: 46; 32e39. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2021.04.010Brief Summary: This validation study and survey showed that the Diabetes Quality of Life for Youth (DQOLY) questionnaire and the EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS) are valid measures of Health-Related Quality of Life in Haitian youth with type 1 ...

Eur J Endocrinol 2021;185:K7–K11 doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-0312Brief Summary: Steroid profiling of 10 placentas of healthy full-term neonates (five male and five female) using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry revealed the presence of C11-oxy C19 steroids (androgens) in the fetal-placental unit at term – pointing to alternative androgen pathways in this unit.<p cla...

To read the full abstract: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2019 Jul;104(4):F353–F359. PMID:30232094.In preterm and in the very low birthweight infants, hyperglycaemia is associated with increased risks of mortality, brain injury, retinopathy of prematurity and worse neurodevelopmental outcomes (1). Treatment of hyperglycaemia with continuous insulin infusion leads to increas...