IMPE Abstracts

Introduction: the existing literature does not elucidate the influence of food intake on anthropometric changes during treatment with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogs in girls with central precocious puberty (CPP) in girls.Aim: to assess the nutritional status and food consumption of Brazilian girls diagnosed with CPP in treatment with leuprolide acetate during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Introduction: Childhood obesity has an increasing incidence around the world, including in Brazil. There are reports of higher psychological alterations in patients with obesity. Aims: To evaluate the frequency of depression in teenagers with obesity, associating with their caloric ingestion. Methods: This is a transversal study, with teenagers ranging from 11 to 17 chronological age (CA), from both biological sexes, with obesity (zBMI>+2SD, WHO, 2007). Val...

Familial hyperchylomicronemia is an autosomal recessive disorder, most often caused by mutation of the LPL gene, located on chromosome 8p22. It is characterized by severe hypertriglyceridemia secondary to chylomicron accumulation: in the absence of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) the hydrolysis of triglycerides is reduced as well as and their release into cells. It is a rare condition with an estimated incidence of 1:500,000 to 1:1,000,000 cases.Case re...

Objective: To investigate the clinical and genetic characteristics of Basilicata-Akhtar syndrome caused by MSL3 gene variant.Methods: A retrospective analysis of the clinical data, laboratory examination and gene sequencing results of a child with Basilicata-Akhtar syndrome caused by MSL3 gene mutation was analyzed and summarized in combination with literature.Results:</st...

Introduction: Acne vulgaris affects up to 87% of adolescents. Isotretinoin is the most effective therapy for moderate to severe acne. As adverse effects of isotretinoin have been reported elevated aminotransferases (ALT and AST), hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia. A classic dose isotretinoin (0.5-1 mg/kg/day), approximately 20% of patients develop hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia.Objective: To de...

Introduction: As we are just conquering and coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic and its’ aftermath, paediatric obesity has emerged as the new pandemic of concern. In general, Asian population are known to be less insulin sensitive. Obesity associated with insulin resistance leads to metabolic complications such as prediabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, NAFLD and vascular changes.Objectives:</stro...

Introduction: The prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is estimated to be 4.2% to 6.4% among American children and 5.4% to 5.8% in Korean children and adolescents, according to the modified criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III).Objective: We dont have data about this syndrome in our country, because of that we consider this abstract.<str...