Purpose: To assess the growth hormone(GH) response to the Wingate anaerobic test(WAn T) among children with short stature and suspected GH deficiency. We hypothesized that the GH response to the WAn T would be similar...Purpose: To assess the growth hormone(GH) response to the Wingate anaerobic test(WAn T) among children with short stature and suspected GH deficiency. We hypothesized that the GH response to the WAn T would be similar to the GH response to a commonly used pharmacologic provocation test.Methods: Ten children(6 males and 4 females, age range 9.0–14.9 years) participated in the study. Each participant performed 2 tests: a standard all-out WAn T, cycling for 30 s against constant resistance, and a standardized pharmacologic test(clonidine or glucagon). Blood samples for GH were collected before and 10, 30, 45, and 60 min after the beginning of exercise. In addition, we collected pre-and post-exercise blood lactate levels.Results: There was a significant increase in GH levels after the WAn T, yet in 9 of 10 participants, this increase was below the threshold for GH sufficiency. Peak GH after the WAn T was significantly lower compared to the pharmacologic GH provocation tests(with 9 of 10 demonstrating GH-sufficient response).Conclusion: The traditional WAn T cannot be used as a GH provocation test. Further research is needed to develop anaerobic exercise protocols sufficient to promote GH secretion.展开更多
Short stature is a clinical challenge in the daily practice of pediatric endocrinology, regarding the several technical, cultural and economic factors associated with its approach. This article intends to review the p...Short stature is a clinical challenge in the daily practice of pediatric endocrinology, regarding the several technical, cultural and economic factors associated with its approach. This article intends to review the physiology of growth hormone secretion, the endocrine regulation of human growth and the clinical aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of short stature. It specifically analyses the treatment of short stature with growth hormone, along with its side effects, cost/benefit analysis and possible risks. A clinical case from a medical school is also described, intending a better understanding of this frequent ambulatory situation in endocrinology and pediatrics.展开更多
BACKGROUND The incidence of short stature in KBG syndrome is relatively high.Data on the therapeutic effects of growth hormone(GH)on children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature in the previous literature h...BACKGROUND The incidence of short stature in KBG syndrome is relatively high.Data on the therapeutic effects of growth hormone(GH)on children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature in the previous literature has not been summarized.CASE SUMMARY Here we studied a girl with KBG syndrome and collected the data of children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature from previous studies before and after GH therapy.The girl was referred to our department because of short stature.Physical examination revealed mild dysmorphic features.The peak GH responses to arginine and clonidine were 6.22 and 5.40 ng/mL,respectively.The level of insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF-1)was 42.0 ng/mL.Genetic analysis showed a c.2635 dupG(p.Glu879fs)mutation in the ANKRD11 gene.She received GH therapy.During the first year of GH therapy,her height increased by 0.92 standard deviation score(SDS).Her height increased from-1.95 SDS to-0.70 SDS after two years of GH therapy.There were ten children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature who received GH therapy in reported cases.Height SDS was improved in nine(9/10)of them.The mean height SDS in five children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature increased from-2.72±0.44 to-1.95±0.57 after the first year of GH therapy(P=0.001).There were no adverse reactions reported after GH treatment.CONCLUSION GH treatment is effective in our girl and most children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature during the first year of therapy.展开更多
Ectopic posterior pituitary is a disruption in the normal embryogenesis and is one of the rare but common causes of pituitary dwarfism. We report the MRI and clinical findings of a 13.5-year-old Saudi boy who was refe...Ectopic posterior pituitary is a disruption in the normal embryogenesis and is one of the rare but common causes of pituitary dwarfism. We report the MRI and clinical findings of a 13.5-year-old Saudi boy who was referred to the endocrine outpatient clinic with no significant complaints except for fatigue, exercise intolerance and short stature. Physical examination revealed short stature (below 2nd centile) with normal body proportion without any dysmorphic features and prepubertal secondary sexual characteristics and genitalia. Hormonal profile revealed: low thyroxine level, low gonadotrophins, low testosterone, low cortisol and blunted growth hormone (GH) response to insulin induced hypoglycaemia. Bone age was of 5 years old. The MRI result concluded with a diagnosis of ectopic posterior pituitary. A diagnosis of posterior pituitary ectopia (PPE) with panhypopituitarism was made.展开更多
Introduction: The impact of growth hormone therapy in children with short stature on cardiovascular prognosis seems to be unpredictable from big databases. The enhanced cardiovascular risk in this group of patients ma...Introduction: The impact of growth hormone therapy in children with short stature on cardiovascular prognosis seems to be unpredictable from big databases. The enhanced cardiovascular risk in this group of patients may be related to adverse autonomic imprinting by early life stress. Autonomic dysfunction and possible effects of growth hormone therapy on the autonomic nervous system can be measured easily by calculating heart rate variability (HRV) from Holter electrocardiogram monitoring. Methods: We performed HRV analysis prior to growth hormone therapy (N = 33), within the first year of growth hormone therapy between 4 and 10 years of age (N = 19), at least a further HRV measurement between 10 and 15 years (N = 30). Additional measurements were performed before and after cessation of growth hormone therapy (N = 14). Data were compared to untreated pediatric patients with short stature and to age matched healthy controls. Results: Untreated patients with short stature due to growth hormone deficiency or intrauterine growth restriction in early childhood have significantly increased heart rates most of all at night and concomitantly reduced global HRV indicated as Standard Deviation of Normal to Normal Intervals (SDNN). Growth hormone treated adolescents and the untreated patients with short stature show significantly elevated mean heart rates and concomitantly reduced vagus activities measured as reduced Route Mean Square Standard Deviation (RMSSD). After cessation of growth hormone treatment SDNN significantly increases and heart rate decreases to normal values in formerly treated patients with catch-up growth. Conclusion: There is a comparable autonomic dysfunction in treated and untreated children with short stature as an indicator for enhanced cardiovascular risk. After cessation of growth hormone therapy, we found a significant improvement of reduced HRV to normal values.展开更多
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文摘Purpose: To assess the growth hormone(GH) response to the Wingate anaerobic test(WAn T) among children with short stature and suspected GH deficiency. We hypothesized that the GH response to the WAn T would be similar to the GH response to a commonly used pharmacologic provocation test.Methods: Ten children(6 males and 4 females, age range 9.0–14.9 years) participated in the study. Each participant performed 2 tests: a standard all-out WAn T, cycling for 30 s against constant resistance, and a standardized pharmacologic test(clonidine or glucagon). Blood samples for GH were collected before and 10, 30, 45, and 60 min after the beginning of exercise. In addition, we collected pre-and post-exercise blood lactate levels.Results: There was a significant increase in GH levels after the WAn T, yet in 9 of 10 participants, this increase was below the threshold for GH sufficiency. Peak GH after the WAn T was significantly lower compared to the pharmacologic GH provocation tests(with 9 of 10 demonstrating GH-sufficient response).Conclusion: The traditional WAn T cannot be used as a GH provocation test. Further research is needed to develop anaerobic exercise protocols sufficient to promote GH secretion.
文摘Short stature is a clinical challenge in the daily practice of pediatric endocrinology, regarding the several technical, cultural and economic factors associated with its approach. This article intends to review the physiology of growth hormone secretion, the endocrine regulation of human growth and the clinical aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of short stature. It specifically analyses the treatment of short stature with growth hormone, along with its side effects, cost/benefit analysis and possible risks. A clinical case from a medical school is also described, intending a better understanding of this frequent ambulatory situation in endocrinology and pediatrics.
文摘BACKGROUND The incidence of short stature in KBG syndrome is relatively high.Data on the therapeutic effects of growth hormone(GH)on children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature in the previous literature has not been summarized.CASE SUMMARY Here we studied a girl with KBG syndrome and collected the data of children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature from previous studies before and after GH therapy.The girl was referred to our department because of short stature.Physical examination revealed mild dysmorphic features.The peak GH responses to arginine and clonidine were 6.22 and 5.40 ng/mL,respectively.The level of insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF-1)was 42.0 ng/mL.Genetic analysis showed a c.2635 dupG(p.Glu879fs)mutation in the ANKRD11 gene.She received GH therapy.During the first year of GH therapy,her height increased by 0.92 standard deviation score(SDS).Her height increased from-1.95 SDS to-0.70 SDS after two years of GH therapy.There were ten children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature who received GH therapy in reported cases.Height SDS was improved in nine(9/10)of them.The mean height SDS in five children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature increased from-2.72±0.44 to-1.95±0.57 after the first year of GH therapy(P=0.001).There were no adverse reactions reported after GH treatment.CONCLUSION GH treatment is effective in our girl and most children with KBG syndrome accompanied by short stature during the first year of therapy.
文摘Ectopic posterior pituitary is a disruption in the normal embryogenesis and is one of the rare but common causes of pituitary dwarfism. We report the MRI and clinical findings of a 13.5-year-old Saudi boy who was referred to the endocrine outpatient clinic with no significant complaints except for fatigue, exercise intolerance and short stature. Physical examination revealed short stature (below 2nd centile) with normal body proportion without any dysmorphic features and prepubertal secondary sexual characteristics and genitalia. Hormonal profile revealed: low thyroxine level, low gonadotrophins, low testosterone, low cortisol and blunted growth hormone (GH) response to insulin induced hypoglycaemia. Bone age was of 5 years old. The MRI result concluded with a diagnosis of ectopic posterior pituitary. A diagnosis of posterior pituitary ectopia (PPE) with panhypopituitarism was made.
文摘Introduction: The impact of growth hormone therapy in children with short stature on cardiovascular prognosis seems to be unpredictable from big databases. The enhanced cardiovascular risk in this group of patients may be related to adverse autonomic imprinting by early life stress. Autonomic dysfunction and possible effects of growth hormone therapy on the autonomic nervous system can be measured easily by calculating heart rate variability (HRV) from Holter electrocardiogram monitoring. Methods: We performed HRV analysis prior to growth hormone therapy (N = 33), within the first year of growth hormone therapy between 4 and 10 years of age (N = 19), at least a further HRV measurement between 10 and 15 years (N = 30). Additional measurements were performed before and after cessation of growth hormone therapy (N = 14). Data were compared to untreated pediatric patients with short stature and to age matched healthy controls. Results: Untreated patients with short stature due to growth hormone deficiency or intrauterine growth restriction in early childhood have significantly increased heart rates most of all at night and concomitantly reduced global HRV indicated as Standard Deviation of Normal to Normal Intervals (SDNN). Growth hormone treated adolescents and the untreated patients with short stature show significantly elevated mean heart rates and concomitantly reduced vagus activities measured as reduced Route Mean Square Standard Deviation (RMSSD). After cessation of growth hormone treatment SDNN significantly increases and heart rate decreases to normal values in formerly treated patients with catch-up growth. Conclusion: There is a comparable autonomic dysfunction in treated and untreated children with short stature as an indicator for enhanced cardiovascular risk. After cessation of growth hormone therapy, we found a significant improvement of reduced HRV to normal values.
文摘目的探讨不同病因矮小症患儿血清生长激素释放肽(Ghrelin)、胰岛素样生长因子-1(insulinlike growth factor-1,IGF-1)水平变化及其临床意义。方法选取2016年1月至2022年1月南通大学附属医院如皋分院收治的212例矮小症患儿,根据不同病因分为生长激素缺乏症组(n=60)、特发性矮小症组(n=46)、Turner综合征组(n=38)、先天性甲状腺功能减退症组(n=32)和宫内发育迟缓组(n=36),另选取同期于本院行体检证实身高同性别、同年龄标准范围内的106例健康儿童作为对照组。比较不同病因矮小症患儿与对照组的人口学特征和骨龄年龄差(bone age difference,BAD)、身高标准差分值(heightstandard deviation score,Ht SDS)、年生长速率(growth velocity,GV)和生长激素(growth hormone,GH)峰值等生长发育指标及青春前期和青春期的血清Ghrelin、IGF-1水平。采用受试者操作特征(receiveroperating characteristic,ROC)曲线分析血清Ghrelin、IGF-1水平对特发性矮小症的鉴别诊断价值。统计学方法采用单因素方差分析、LSD-t检验及χ^(2)检验。结果特发性矮小症组青春期患儿比例为65.2%,明显高于其他4组(P值均<0.05),其中青春期患儿比例从高至低依次为宫内发育迟缓组(41.7%)、先天性甲状腺功能减退症组(40.6%)、生长激素缺乏症组(35.0%)和Turner综合征组(31.6%);特发性矮小症组BAD为(1.4±0.3)岁,明显高于其他4组(P值均<0.05),其中BAD值从高至低依次为生长激素缺乏症组[(1.2±0.2)岁]、先天性甲状腺功能减退症组[(1.1±0.2)岁]、Turner综合征组[(0.7±0.1)岁]和宫内发育迟缓组[(0.3±0.1)岁]。特发性矮小症组GV值为[(3.7±0.8)cm/年],明显高于其他4组(P值均<0.05),其中GV值从高至低依次为生长激素缺乏症组[(2.2±0.7)cm/年]、宫内发育迟缓组[(2.1±0.6)cm/年]、先天性甲状腺功能减退症组[(1.7±0.5)cm/年]和Turner综合征组[(1.2±0.4)cm/年]。生长激素缺乏症组GH峰值为[(6.4±0.3)μg/L],明显低于其他4组(P值均<0.05),其中GH峰值从低至高依次为宫内发育迟缓组[(13.4±3.2)μg/L]、Turner综合征组[(14.2±2.1)μg/L]、特发性矮小症组[(14.7±2.5)μg/L]和先天性甲状腺功能减退症组[(15.6±2.9)μg/L]。Turner综合征组Ghrelin水平显著高于生长激素缺乏症组、特发性矮小症组、先天性甲状腺功能减退症组和宫内发育迟缓组(P值均<0.05);先天性甲状腺功能减退症组IGF-1水平显著低于生长激素缺乏症组、特发性矮小症组、Turner综合征组和宫内发育迟缓组(P值均<0.05)。特发性矮小症组青春前期的血清Ghrelin、IGF-1水平均明显低于青春期(P值均<0.05)。ROC曲线分析结果显示,血清Ghrelin、IGF-1鉴别诊断特发性矮小症的曲线下面积(area under the curve,AUC)分别为0.776、0.733,联合检测鉴别诊断特发性矮小症的AUC为0.839,灵敏度为90.0%,特异性为65.6%(P<0.001)。结论不同病因矮小症患儿血清Ghrelin、IGF-1水平均存在异常表达,特发性矮小症患儿在青春前期和青春期的血清Ghrelin、IGF-1水平差异明显,血清Ghrelin、IGF-1联合检测对特发性矮小症的鉴别诊断具有较好的诊断效能。
