Nutrition Related Hormonal Changes in Obese Children.

Evaluation of electrocardiogram changes in obese children and comparing it with normal weight children

Hormonal Changes in Pregnancy

Because of the time factor involved, it would be an impossible task to present the vast body of biochemical information accumulated during the last decade on the endocrine aspects of pregnancy. However, certain key points can be made concerning the feto-placental unit and the hormone levels and effects in normal gestation. These concepts will be discussed not merely for their academic value, bu...

Screening for hormonal, monogenic, and syndromic disorders in obese infants and children.

The prevalence of pediatric obesity in the United States is nearly 17%. Most cases are "exogenous", resulting from excess energy intake relative to energy expenditure over a prolonged period of time. However, some cases of obesity are "endogenous", associated with hormonal, genetic, or syndromic disorders such as hypothyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, growth hormone deficiency, defective leptin si...

Hormonal changes in thalassaemia major.

Patients with severe thalassaemia major suffer endocrine and other abnormalities before their eventual death from iron overload due to repeated blood transfusions. The endocrine status of 31 thalassaemic patients aged 2-5 to 23 years was investigated. Exact data were available on the rate and duration of blood transfusion in all of them and in many the liver iron concentration was also known. A...

Hormonal Changes in Intracranial Hemorrhage.

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of serum ACTH and Thyroid hormone level in the acute phase of ICH. METHODS Sixty patients with spontaneous ICH were assessed regarding hormonal changes by measuring ACTH and Thyroid hormone level. The relationships of hormone concentrations to clinical and radiological parameters were evaluated at hospital admission (t0), 5...