Abstract Objective: To determine clinical and biochemical characteristics in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in pediatric patients at time of diagnosis. Design: Clinical retrospective study. Setting: Endocrinology Service, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru. Patients: Children with diabetes mellitus type 2. Methods: Medical records of 187 registered patients with diabetes mellitus were reviewed and 17 (9%) with T2DM were identified. Personal and familiar characteristics, symptoms and biochemical data were obtained. Main outcome measures: Clinical and biochemical characteristics of pediatric patients. Results: Average age at diagnosis was 12.8±3 years, 11 were male (64.7%) and 6 female (35.3%). All were born at term and 17.6% were macrosomic. Fourteen patients (82.4%) had a family history of T2DM. Most frequent symptoms were polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia and weight loss...

Objectives: To describe the clinical and biochemical response to treatment of hyperthyroidism. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru. Participants: children. Methods: From 1996 to 2007 32 patients with diagnosis of hyperthyroidism were studied. Remission was defined when patients were asymptomatic and biochemically euthyroid 6 months after the end of treatment; relapse when altered hormone levels were found after this period of time. Main outcome measures: Remission or relapse following treatment. Results: Mean age at diagnosis was 10.5 years (3.2-17.9 years), 26 patients (81.2 %) were female; 13 (40.6 %) were pubertal and 18 (59.3%) prepubertal. The most frequent symptoms and signs were: goiter, sweating, nervousness, weight loss, tachycardia and exophthalmos. Methimazole was used as first therapeutic option. Initial dose was 0.78mg/kg/d...

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Introduction. Autoimmune thyroiditis is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in children. Clinical diagnosis depends on biochemical condition and monitoring is essential to adopt therapeutic measures and ensure proper growth and development. Objective. To describe the clinical progression of autoimmune thyroiditis in children and adolescents. Design. Retrospective, longitudinal series of cases study. Setting. Department of Endocrinology, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru (a teaching institution). Participants. Children and adolescents suffering of autoimmune thyroiditis. Interventions. Sixty-five patients -58 women and 7 men- under the age of 18 suffering of autoimmune thyroiditis and admitted between 2000-2012 were followed with clinical and biochemical evaluations over one year; carriers of genetic syndromes or with type 1 diabetes mellitus were excluded. Main outcom...