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Growth and Endocrine Flashcards

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history and examination for establishing growth and development?

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birth weight and gestation

PMH

family history/social history/schooling

systematic enquiry

dysmorphic features

systemic examination

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growth assessment tools

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height/length/weight

growth charts and plotting

MPH (mid parental height) and target centiles

growth velocity

bone age

pubertal assessment

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tanner method of pubertal staging

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Breast development (B): 1 to 5
Genital development (G): 1 to 5
Pubic hair (PH): 1 to 5
Axillary hair (AH): 1 to 3
Testicular volume (T): 2ml to 20ml
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hormones involved in puberty

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growth hormones

sex hormones

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important stages in puberty?

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breast budding: Tanner stage B2

testicular enlargement: Tanner stage G2 / T4ml)

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growth disorders: indications for referral

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extreme short or tall stature (off centiles)
height below target height
abnormal height velocity (crossing centiles)
history of chronic disease
obvious dysmorphic syndrome
early/late puberty

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common causes of short stature

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familial
constitutional
SGA/IUGR (Small for gestational age)

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What are the pathological causes of short stature?

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  • Undernutrition
  • Chronic illness (JCA, IBD, Coeliac)
  • Iatrogenic (steroids)
  • Psychological and social
  • Hormonal (GHD, hypothyroidism)
  • Syndromes (Turner, Prader Will)
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What is the most important pubertal stage in a girl?

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B2

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What is the most important pubertal stage in a boy?

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T3-4ml

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What is considered early puberty in a boy?

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<9 years (rare)

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What is considered late puberty in a boy?

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> 14 (common, especially CDGP)

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What is considered early puberty in a girl?

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<8 years

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What is considered late puberty in a girl?

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> 13 years (rare)

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Who does constitutional delay of growth usually affect?

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Boys particularly those with a family history (dad and brothers. though may difficult to obtain)

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16
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Why does constitutional delay of growth occur?

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There is bone age delay

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Give examples of causes of delated puberty.

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  • Gonadal dysgenesis (Turner 45X, Klinefelter 47XXY)
  • Chronic disease (Crohn’s, asthma)
  • Impaired HPG axis (septo-optic dysplasia, craniopharyngioma, Kallman’s syndrome)
  • Peripheral (cryptorchidism, testicular irradiation)
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What can cause early breast development?

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  • Infantile thelarche
  • Thelarche variant (premature thelarche)
  • True central precocious puberty
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What can cause early secondary sexual characteristics?

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  • Exaggerated adrenarche

- Precocious pseudopuberty

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What can cause early PV bleeding?

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Premature menarche

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What does central precocious puberty present with?

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  • Breast development in girls
  • Testicular enlargement in boys
  • Growth spurt
  • Advanced bone age
22
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What causes central precocious puberty?

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  • Usually idiopathic in girls but pituitary imaging should be done
  • Underlying cause i.e. brain tumour
23
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How is central precocious puberty treated?

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GmRH agonist

24
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What is precocious pseudo puberty?

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Gonadotrophin independent (low /prepubertal levels of LH and FSH) process in which there is abnormal sex steroid secretion leading to early virilisation and secondary sexual characteristics

25
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Give examples of endocrine problems that children may present with not related to puberty.

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  • The new-born with ambiguous genitalia
  • Congenital hypothyroidism
  • Acquired hypothyroidism
  • Thyroid deficiency
  • Obesity
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How should you manage the new-born with ambiguous genitalia?

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  • Do not guess the sex of the baby
  • Multidisciplinary approach (paediatrics, endocrine, surgery, neonatologist, geneticist, psychologist)
  • Exam: gonads?/internal organs
  • Karyotype
  • Exclude congenital adrenal hyperplasia (Risk of adrenal crisis in first 2 weeks of life’)
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How many births are affected by congenital hypothyroidism?

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1 in 4000

28
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What causes congenital hypothyroidism?

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  • Athyreosis/hypoplastic/ectopic

- Dyshormonogenic

29
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When should treatment for congenital hypothyroidism be started?

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-New born screening followed by commencement of treatment within the first 2 weeks

30
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What is the most common cause of acquired hypothyroidism?

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

31
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What issues does acquired hypothyroidism present with in childhood?

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  • Lack of height gain
  • pubertal delay (or precocity)
  • Poor school performance (but work steadily)
32
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What is abnormal when it comes to obesity?

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To be short and obese is abnormal

33
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How many children are overweight or obese?

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Nearly a third (31%) of children aged 2-15 are overweight or obese

34
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Define overweight

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  • BMI 25-29.9

- BMI>85th centile or SD >1.04

35
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Define obese

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  • BMI >30

- BMI>97.5th centile or SD >2

36
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How should an individual be assessed for obesity?

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  • Weight
  • Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m^2)
  • Height
  • Waist circumference
  • Skin folds
  • History and examination
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What is important in gaining in the history when assessing someone’s obesity?

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  • Diet
  • Physical activity levels
  • Family history
  • Symptoms suggestive of a syndrome, hypothalamic-pituitary pathology, endocrinopathy or diabetes.
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What is important when examining someone when assessing their obesity?

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  • Dark velvet rash indicative of diabetes
  • Goitre
  • BP
  • Imaging of pituitary
39
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Give examples of obesity complications.

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  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Fatty liver disease (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis)
  • Gallstones
  • Reproductive dysfunction (e.g. PCOS)
  • Nutritional deficiencies
  • Thromboembolic disease
  • Pancreatitis
  • Central hypoventilation
  • Obstructive sleep apnoea
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • Orthopaedic problems (slipped capital femoral epiphysis, tibia vara)
  • Stress incontinence
  • Injuries
  • Psychological
  • Left ventricular hypertrophy
  • Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
  • Right sided heart failure
40
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What can obesity be caused by?

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  • Simple obesity
  • Drugs
  • Syndromes
  • Endocrine disorders
  • Hypothalamic damage
41
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What drugs can cause obesity?

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  • Insulin
  • Steroids
  • Antithyroid drugs
  • Sodium valproate
42
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What syndromes can cause obesity?

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  • Prader Willi syndrome
  • Laurence-Moon Biedl syndrome
  • Pseudohypoparathyroidism type I
  • Down’s syndrome
43
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What endocrine disorders can cause obesity?

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  • Hypothyroidism
  • Growth hormone deficiency
  • Glucocorticoid excess
  • Hypothalamic lesion (tumour/trauma/infection)
  • Androgen excess
  • Insulinoma
  • Insulin resistance syndromes
  • Leptin deficiency
44
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What is the treatment for obesity?

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  • Diet
  • Exercise
  • Psychological input
  • Rarely drugs
  • Surgery
45
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What is the most common cause of obesity?

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Simple obesity

  • Increased intake
  • Decreased activity
46
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How is an early diagnosis of T1DM made in children?

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THINK symptoms

  • Thirsty
  • Thinner
  • Tired
  • Toilet more often
47
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What additional symptoms are there in children under 5 with T1DM?

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  • Heavier than usual nappies
  • Blurred vision
  • Candidiasis (oral, vulval)
  • Constipation
  • Recurring skin infections
  • Irritability, behaviour change
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What is a red flag symptom for T1DM in a child who is toilet trained?

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A return to bedwetting or day=wetting in a previously dry child is a red flag symptom for diabetes

49
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What should you do if a child presents with suspected T1DM?

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Test immediately

  • Finger prick capillary glucose test. If result >11mmol/l then diabetes, if <11mmol/l other cause
  • DO NOT request a returned urine sample
  • DO NOT arrange a fasting blood glucose test
  • DO NOT arrange an oral glucose tolerance test
  • DO NOT wait for lab results (urine or blood)
  • DK
50
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What should you if a child with suspected T1DM finger prick test is over 11mmol/l?

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Telephone urgently

  • Contact your local specialist team for a same day review
  • DKA can occur very quickly in children
  • If in any doubt about a diagnosis of type I diabetes call for advice
  • Don’t delay the diagnosis
51
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What are the symptoms of DKA?

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  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Abdominal pain
  • Sweet smelling ‘ketotic’ breath
  • Drowsiness
  • Rapid, deep ‘sighing’ respiration
  • Coma

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