Clinical, Biochemical and Neuroimaging Findings as Predictors of Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) in Paediatric Patients

CLÉMENT, F; KESELMAN, ANA; MARTINEZ, ALICIA; ROPELATO, M.G.; BALLERINI, M.G.; GRINSPON, R; BRASLAVSKY, DÉBORA; BERGADÁ, I.; REY, R; FINKIELSTAIN, G.P.

Puerto Varas

Congreso; XXV Annual Meeting of the Latin American Pediatric Endocrinology Society (SLEP; 2015

Sociedad Latinoamericana de Endocrinologia Pediátrica (SLEP)

Growth hormone provocation tests (GHPT)have been used as a standard diagnostic tool in patients with clinicaland biochemical criteria suggestive of GHD. However, thesetests are invasive, need a standardized protocol, should be carefully monitored by an experienced team and may raise safety issues,especially in a child with co-morbidities. Previous studiesaiming to identify risk factors for GHD do not include specificknown phenotypes and/or clinical findings that could anticipateGHD.