ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(10):e2015665. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15665.. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2771377In brief: This Danish population-based 20-year cohort study provides strong epidemiological data supporting substantial increases in central precocious pub...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021; 106(2): e957–e965.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33135723/The authors investigated the reproductive and perinatal outcomes in women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) compared with control women in the largest such population-based study to date. Women with CAH had lower birth rates, were more likely to develop gestational diabetes, and had other ...

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021; 30: 133–141. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33033142/This retrospective study of 152 patients and 604 matched-controls within the FCCSS (French Childhood Cancer Survivor Study) cohort aimed to identify clinical and therapeutic factors associated with long-term risk of subsequent primary neoplasm (SPN) in the central nervous system (CNS), occurri...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020; 105: e3730–41. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32706856/This retrospective analysis of the Pfizer International Growth Database (KIGS) included 1149 cancer survivors with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) who had received growth hormone therapy (GHT) for at least 5 years. Patients with craniopharyngioma had the best 5-year growth response ...

Diabetes Care. 2020;43(10):2537–2543. doi: 10.2337/dc20-0736.This paper describes a randomized crossover trial in young people with T1D (16–24 years old) comparing two 8-week study periods: the factory-calibrated Dexcom G6 CGM system versus routine self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG). CGM improved time within glucose target and reduced HbA1c by 0.76%.The prim...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Jul 1;105(7):dgaa247. 10.1210/clinem/dgaa247. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32407531/Based on a structured summary of a case series of 43 well-defined patients, these authors propose for regular screening and preventive examinations in ROHHAD patients and list the therapeutic options. Although these recommendat...

Obesity (Silver Spring) 2020 Aug;28(8):1512–1518. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32935936/These authors analysed a cohort of n=399 overweight and obese children (age 2–12 years), who underwent a 1-year lifestyle intervention, to test whether possible alternatives to the BMI z-score (%BMIp95, %BMIp50, BMImz) might correlate better with changes in % total body fat (%BF) a...

BMJ. 2020 Dec 10;371:m4337. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4337.In brief: Owners of dogs which have with diabetes are more likely to develop T2DM themselves than owners of dogs without diabetes. The underlying mechanisms might include shared diabetogenic health behaviours and environmental exposures. No shared risk of diabetes was found between cat owners and their cats.Co...

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).</...

J Clin Oncol. 2022 May 1;40(13):1439-1449. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01841. Epub 2022 Jan 19. PMID: 35044839Brief Summary: This retrospective study showed that children and young adults (< 45 years) treated with radioactive iodine (RAI) for primary Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (DTC) have increased risks for leukemia and solid cancers, particularly beyond 20 years after treatment.<p class="abs...