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Wolfsdorf JI, Derks TGJ, Drachmann D, Shah P, Thornton PS, Weinstein DA. Idiopathic Pathological Ketotic Hypoglycemia: Finding the Needle in a Haystack. Horm Res Paediatr 2024:1-12. [PMID: 38513624 DOI: 10.1159/000538483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Sick children often have a decreased appetite and experience vomiting and diarrhea; however, hypoglycemia (plasma glucose concentration ≤50 mg/dL or 2.8 mmol/L) is rare. Ketotic hypoglycemia (KH) is the most common cause of hypoglycemia presenting to an Emergency Department in a previously healthy child between 6 months and 6 years of age. Ketosis and hypoglycemia are now well understood to be normal physiologic responses of young children to prolonged fasting.There is now substantial evidence that the term KH describes a variety of conditions including both the lower end of the normal distribution of fasting tolerance in young children as well as numerous rare disorders that impair fasting adaptation. Recent advances in molecular genetic testing have led to the discovery of these rare disorders. Idiopathic pathological KH is a diagnosis of exclusion that describes rare children who have abnormally limited fasting tolerance, experience recurrent episodes of KH, or develop symptoms of hypoglycemia despite elevated ketone levels, and in whom an explanation cannot be found despite extensive investigation. This review provides an approach to distinguishing between physiological KH and pathological KH and includes recommendations for management.
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- Joseph I Wolfsdorf
- Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Metabolic Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Ketotic Hypoglycemia International, Skanderborg, Denmark, Patient-Centered Research, Evidera, London, UK
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- Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Royal London Children's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University London, London, UK
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes and the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center, Cook Children's Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Burnett School of Medicine, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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Ware J, Allen JM, Boughton C, Cezar A, Hartnell S, Wilinska M, Thankamony A, Deakin M, Leyland H, Phelan K, Thornborough K, Hovorka R. Hybrid closed-loop with faster insulin aspart compared with standard insulin aspart in very young children with type 1 diabetes: A double-blind, multicenter, randomized, crossover study. Diabetes Technol Ther 2023. [PMID: 36880866 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2023.0042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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We evaluated the use of hybrid closed-loop (HCL) insulin delivery with faster insulin aspart (Fiasp) in very young children with type 1 diabetes (T1D). In a double-blind, multicenter, randomized, crossover study, children aged 2-6 years with T1D underwent two 8-week periods of HCL using CamAPS FX with Fiasp and standard insulin aspart (IAsp), in random order. Primary endpoint was between-treatment difference in time in target range 3.9-10.0mmol/L. We randomized 25 participants: mean(±SD) age 5.1±1.3 years, baseline HbA1c 55±9mmol/mol. Time in range was not significantly different between interventions (64±9% vs 65±9% for HCL with Fiasp vs IAsp; mean difference -0.33% [95% CI -2.13, 1.47; p=0.71]). There was no significant difference in time with glucose <3.9mmol/L. No post-randomization severe hypoglycemia or DKA events occurred. Use of Fiasp with CamAPS FX hybrid closed-loop demonstrated no significant difference in glycemic outcomes compared with IAsp in very young children with T1D. Clinical trials registration: NCT04759144.
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- Julia Ware
- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, 151918, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- University of Cambridge Department of Paediatrics, 151909, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, 151918, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, 151918, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 2153, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, 151918, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 2153, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, 151918, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- University of Cambridge Department of Paediatrics, 151909, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- University of Cambridge Department of Paediatrics, 151909, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, 4593, Department of Diabetes, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- NIHR Alder Hey Clinical Research Facility, 475754, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, LIverpool, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- NIHR Alder Hey Clinical Research Facility, 475754, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, LIverpool, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, 4593, Department of Diabetes, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, 151918, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- University of Cambridge Department of Paediatrics, 151909, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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Rossi A, Rutten MGS, van Dijk TH, Bakker BM, Reijngoud DJ, Oosterveer MH, Derks TGJ. Dynamic Methods for Childhood Hypoglycemia Phenotyping: A Narrative Review. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:858832. [PMID: 35789807 PMCID: PMC9249565 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.858832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Hypoglycemia results from an imbalance between glucose entering the blood compartment and glucose demand, caused by a defect in the mechanisms regulating postprandial glucose homeostasis. Hypoglycemia represents one of the most common metabolic emergencies in childhood, potentially leading to serious neurologic sequelae, including death. Therefore, appropriate investigation of its specific etiology is paramount to provide adequate diagnosis, specific therapy and prevent its recurrence. In the absence of critical samples for biochemical studies, etiological assessment of children with hypoglycemia may include dynamic methods, such as in vivo functional tests, and continuous glucose monitoring. By providing detailed information on actual glucose fluxes in vivo, proof-of-concept studies have illustrated the potential (clinical) application of dynamic stable isotope techniques to define biochemical and clinical phenotypes of inherited metabolic diseases associated with hypoglycemia. According to the textbooks, individuals with glycogen storage disease type I (GSD I) display the most severe hypoglycemia/fasting intolerance. In this review, three dynamic methods are discussed which may be considered during both diagnostic work-up and monitoring of children with hypoglycemia: 1) functional in vivo tests; 2) in vivo metabolic profiling by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM); 3) stable isotope techniques. Future applications and benefits of dynamic methods in children with hypoglycemia are also discussed.
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- Alessandro Rossi
- Section of Metabolic Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Section of Metabolic Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Hayes LH, Yun P, Mohassel P, Norato G, Donkervoort S, Leach ME, Alvarez R, Rutkowski A, Shaw ND, Foley AR, Bönnemann CG. Hypoglycemia in patients with congenital muscle disease. BMC Pediatr 2020; 20:57. [PMID: 32028919 PMCID: PMC7006143 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-020-1909-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Only a few small studies have previously reported episodes of hypoglycemia in children with neuromuscular diseases; however, there has been no broader investigation into the occurrence of hypoglycemia in children with congenital muscle disease (CMD). METHODS Pediatric patients enrolled in the CMD International Registry (CMDIR) with a history of hypoglycemia were included in this retrospective review. Hypoglycemic episodes and associated clinical and biochemical characteristics were characterized. RESULTS Ten patients with CMD (5 with LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy) reported at least one episode of hypoglycemia beginning at an average age of 3.5 years. Predominant symptoms included altered mental status and nausea/vomiting, and laboratory studies demonstrated metabolic acidosis and ketonuria, consistent with ketotic hypoglycemia. CONCLUSION Patients with CMD may have an increased risk of hypoglycemia during fasting, illness, or stress due to their relatively low muscle mass and hence, paucity of gluconeogenic substrate. Clinicians should therefore maintain a high index of suspicion for hypoglycemia in this high-risk patient population and caregivers should routinely be trained to recognize and treat hypoglycemia.
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- Leslie H Hayes
- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 2B 39, MSC 1477, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston Children's Hospital, Fegan 11, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 2B 39, MSC 1477, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 2B 39, MSC 1477, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Office of Biostatistics, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 2A 23, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 2B 39, MSC 1477, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 2B 39, MSC 1477, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.,Division of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Congenital Muscle Disease International Registry, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Cure CMD, 19401 S. Vermont Avenue, Suite J100, Torrance, Los Angeles, CA, 90502, USA
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- Congenital Muscle Disease International Registry, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Cure CMD, 19401 S. Vermont Avenue, Suite J100, Torrance, Los Angeles, CA, 90502, USA.,Kaiser Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Pediatric Neuroendocrinology Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, 27709, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 2B 39, MSC 1477, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 2B 39, MSC 1477, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Narvey MR, Marks SD. The screening and management of newborns at risk for low blood glucose. Paediatr Child Health 2019; 24:536-554. [PMID: 31844395 DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxz134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Hypoglycemia in the first hours to days after birth remains one of the most common conditions facing practitioners across Canada who care for newborns. Many cases represent normal physiologic transition to extrauterine life, but another group experiences hypoglycemia of longer duration. This statement addresses key issues for providers of neonatal care, including the definition of hypoglycemia, risk factors, screening protocols, blood glucose levels requiring intervention, and managing care for this condition. Screening, monitoring, and intervention protocols have been revised to better identify, manage, and treat infants who are at risk for persistent, recurrent, or severe hypoglycemia. The role of dextrose gels in raising glucose levels or preventing more persistent hypoglycemia, and precautions to reduce risk for recurrence after leaving hospital, are also addressed. This statement differentiates between approaches to care for hypoglycemia during the 'transitional' phase-the first 72 hours post-birth-and persistent hypoglycemia, which occurs or presents for the first time past that point.
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- Michael R Narvey
- Canadian Paediatric Society, Fetus and Newborn Committee, Ottawa, Ontario
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- Canadian Paediatric Society, Fetus and Newborn Committee, Ottawa, Ontario
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Narvey MR, Marks SD. Le dépistage et la prise en charge des nouveau-nés à risque d’hypoglycémie. Paediatr Child Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxz135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Résumé
L’hypoglycémie entre les premières heures et les premiers jours suivant la naissance demeure l’une des principales affections qu’observent les praticiens du Canada qui s’occupent de nouveau-nés. Bien des cas vivent une transition physiologique normale à la vie extra-utérine, mais un groupe présente une hypoglycémie pendant une plus longue période. Le présent document de principes expose les principaux enjeux auxquels sont exposés les dispensateurs de soins néonatals, y compris la définition d’hypoglycémie, les facteurs de risque, les protocoles de dépistage, les valeurs de glycémie nécessitant une intervention et la gestion des soins pour cette affection. Les auteurs passent en revue le dépistage, la surveillance et les protocoles d’intervention pour mieux distinguer, prendre en charge et traiter les nouveau-nés à risque d’hypoglycémie persistante, récurrente ou marquée. Ils abordent également le rôle des gels de dextrose pour accroître la glycémie ou prévenir une hypoglycémie plus persistante, de même que les précautions à prendre pour réduire les risques de récurrence après le congé de l’hôpital. Le présent document de principes distingue les approches des soins de l’hypoglycémie pendant la « phase de transition » (les 72 premières heures de vie) de celles de l’hypoglycémie persistante, qui se manifeste ou est constatée pour la première fois après cette période.
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- Michael R Narvey
- Société canadienne de pédiatrie, comité d’étude du fœtus et du nouveau-né, Ottawa (Ontario)
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- Société canadienne de pédiatrie, comité d’étude du fœtus et du nouveau-né, Ottawa (Ontario)
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Collins SM, Broadney MM, Ghane N, Davis EK, Jaramillo M, Shank LM, Brady SM, Yanovski JA. Free Fatty Acids as an Indicator of the Nonfasted State in Children. Pediatrics 2019; 143:peds.2018-3896. [PMID: 31053621 PMCID: PMC6564057 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-3896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ensuring children are fasting for blood draws is necessary to diagnose abnormalities in glucose homeostasis. We sought to determine if serum free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations might be a useful marker to differentiate the fed and fasted states among children. METHODS A total of 442 inpatient (fasting) and 323 (postglucose load) oral glucose tolerance test samples of glucose, insulin, and FFA from children (age 5-18 years) who had healthy weight, overweight, or obesity were examined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis to identify a cut point for nonfasting. In a cross-sectional study, we compared mean FFA and percentage of FFA values below this cut point as a function of inpatient (n = 442) versus outpatient (n = 442) setting. RESULTS The area under the curve of FFA was significantly better (P values < .001) than the area under the curve of glucose or insulin for identifying nonfasting. FFA <287 mEq/mL had 99.0% sensitivity and 98.0% specificity for nonfasting. Mean FFA was lower in outpatients than inpatients (P < .001); only 1.6% inpatient but 9.7% outpatient FFA values were consistent with nonfasting (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Clinicians cannot assume that pediatric patients are adequately fasted on arrival for fasting blood work. On the basis of having significantly lower outpatient than inpatient FFA values and more frequently suppressed FFA, children appeared less likely to be fasting at outpatient appointments. FFA value <287 mEq/mL was a sensitive and specific cutoff for nonfasting in children that may prove clinically useful.
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- Shavonne M. Collins
- Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics, Division of Intramural Research and,Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee; and
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- Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics, Division of Intramural Research and,Office of the Clinical Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics, Division of Intramural Research and
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- Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics, Division of Intramural Research and
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- Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics, Division of Intramural Research and,Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics, Division of Intramural Research and,Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics, Division of Intramural Research and,Office of the Clinical Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics, Division of Intramural Research and
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Wadwa RP, Chase HP, Raghinaru D, Buckingham BA, Hramiak I, Maahs DM, Messer L, Ly T, Aye T, Clinton P, Kollman C, Beck RW, Lum J. Ketone production in children with type 1 diabetes, ages 4-14 years, with and without nocturnal insulin pump suspension. Pediatr Diabetes 2017; 18:422-427. [PMID: 27402452 PMCID: PMC5233607 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To compare the frequency of elevated morning blood ketone levels according to age in 4-14 year olds with type 1 diabetes following overnight use of an automated low glucose insulin suspension system, or following control nights when the system was not used. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS For 28 children ages 4-9 years and 54 youth ages 10-14 years, elevation of morning blood ketone levels was assessed using the Precision Xtra Ketone meter following 1155 and 2345 nights, respectively. Repeated measures logistic regression models were used to compare age groups for blood ketone level elevation following control nights (system not activated) and following intervention nights with and without insulin suspension. RESULTS Elevated morning blood ketones (≥0.6 mmol/L) were present following 10% of 580 control nights in the 4-9 year olds compared with 2% of 1162 control nights in 10-14 year olds (P < 0.001). Likewise, the frequency was greater following intervention nights in the younger age group (13% of 575 nights vs 2% of 1183 nights, P < 0.001). A longer duration of pump suspension resulted in a higher percentage of mornings with elevated blood ketones in the younger age group (P = 0.002), but not in the older age group (P = 0.63). The presence of elevated morning ketone levels did not progress to ketoacidosis in any subject. CONCLUSIONS Elevated morning blood ketones are more common in younger children with type 1 diabetes with or without nocturnal insulin suspension. Care providers need to be aware of the differences in ketogenesis in younger age children relative to various clinical situations.
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- R Paul Wadwa
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Bretton L. Not sweet enough: Hypoglycaemia in children. Emerg Med Australas 2016; 28:626-628. [PMID: 27758079 DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Laura Bretton
- Emergency Department, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Thornton PS, Stanley CA, De Leon DD, Harris D, Haymond MW, Hussain K, Levitsky LL, Murad MH, Rozance PJ, Simmons RA, Sperling MA, Weinstein DA, White NH, Wolfsdorf JI. Recommendations from the Pediatric Endocrine Society for Evaluation and Management of Persistent Hypoglycemia in Neonates, Infants, and Children. J Pediatr 2015; 167:238-45. [PMID: 25957977 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 341] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Revised: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Paul S Thornton
- Division of Endocrinology, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX.
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- Division of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Children's Nutrition Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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- Department of Endocrinology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Neonatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Division of Neonatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Glycogen Storage Disease Program, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO
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Haglind CB, Nordenström A, Ask S, von Döbeln U, Gustafsson J, Stenlid MH. Increased and early lipolysis in children with long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency during fast. J Inherit Metab Dis 2015; 38:315-22. [PMID: 25141826 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-014-9750-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Revised: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Children with long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (LCHAD) have a defect in the degradation of long-chain fatty acids and are at risk of hypoketotic hypoglycemia and insufficient energy production as well as accumulation of toxic fatty acid intermediates. Knowledge on substrate metabolism in children with LCHAD deficiency during fasting is limited. Treatment guidelines differ between centers, both as far as length of fasting periods and need for night feeds are concerned. To increase the understanding of fasting intolerance and improve treatment recommendations, children with LCHAD deficiency were investigated with stable isotope technique, microdialysis, and indirect calometry, in order to assess lipolysis and glucose production during 6 h of fasting. We found an early and increased lipolysis and accumulation of long chain acylcarnitines after 4 h of fasting, albeit no patients developed hypoglycemia. The rate of glycerol production, reflecting lipolysis, averaged 7.7 ± 1.6 µmol/kg/min, which is higher compared to that of peers. The rate of glucose production was normal for age; 19.6 ± 3.4 µmol/kg/min (3.5 ± 0.6 mg/kg/min). Resting energy expenditure was also normal, even though the respiratory quotient was increased indicating mainly glucose oxidation. The results show that lipolysis and accumulation of long chain acylcarnitines occurs before hypoglycemia in fasting children with LCHAD, which may indicate more limited fasting tolerance than previously suggested.
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- C Bieneck Haglind
- Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden,
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Zijlmans WCWR, van Kempen AAMW, Serlie MJ, Kager PA, Sauerwein HP. Adaptation of glucose metabolism to fasting in young children with infectious diseases: a perspective. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2014; 27:5-13. [PMID: 23813356 DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2013-0165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Hypoglycemia is a frequently encountered complication in young children with infectious diseases and may result in permanent neurological damage or even death. Mortality rate in young children under 5 years of age is increased four- to six-fold when severe infectious disease is complicated by hypoglycemia. Young age, prolonged fasting and severity of disease are considered important risk factors. This perspective describes the combined results of recently conducted studies on the effect of these risk factors on glucose metabolism in children with different infectious diseases. The results of these studies have nutritional implications for the approach in clinical practice towards young children with infectious diseases and specific recommendations are made. A unique finding is the existence of infectious disease-related differences in the adaptation of glucose metabolism during fasting in young children.
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Coutant R. Les hypoglycémies. Arch Pediatr 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(13)71308-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zijlmans WCWR, van Kempen AAMW, Tanck MWT, Ackermans MT, Jitan J, Sauerwein HP. Fasting predisposes to hypoglycemia in Surinamese children with severe pneumonia, and young children are more at risk. J Trop Pediatr 2013; 59:106-12. [PMID: 23174989 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The objective of this study was to investigate glucose kinetics during controlled fasting in children with severe pneumonia. Plasma glucose concentration, endogenous glucose production and gluconeogenesis were measured in 12 Surinamese children (six young: 1-3 years, six older: 3-5 years) with severe pneumonia during a controlled 16 h fast using stable isotopes [6,6-(2)H2]glucose and (2)H2O at a hospital-based research facility. On admission, the glucose concentrations were comparable in both groups: young children: 5.1 ± 1.3 mmol/l, older children: 4.8 ± 0.6 mmol/l, p = 0.685, with a decrease during the first 8 h of fasting in the young children only to 3.6 ± 0.5, p = 0.04. Glucose production was comparable in both groups: young: 24.5 ± 8.3, older: 24.9 ± 5.9 µmol/kg(•)min, p = 0.926. Between 8 and 16 h of fasting, the glucose concentration decreased comparably in both groups (young: - 0.9 ± 0.7, p = 0.004; older: -1.0 ± 0.4 mmol/l, p = 0.001), as did glucose production (young: -6.8 ± 6.3, p = 0.003; older: -5.3 ± 3.4 µmol/kg(•)min, p = 0.001). Gluconeogenesis decreased in young children only: -5.0 ± 7.4, p = 0.029. We conclude that fasting predisposes to hypoglycemia in children with severe pneumonia. Young children are more at risk than older children. Glucose production is an important determinant of the plasma glucose concentration in young children with pneumonia, indicating an inability to reduce glucose usage. Our results are largely in agreement with the literature on the adaptation of glucose metabolism in children with malaria, although there seem to be disease-specific differences in the regulation of gluconeogenesis.
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Verbruggen SC, Landzaat LJ, Reiss IKM, van Goudoever JB, Joosten KFM. Efficacy and safety of a tight glucose control protocol in critically ill term neonates. Neonatology 2012; 101:232-8. [PMID: 22085889 DOI: 10.1159/000330846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 07/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND A large single-center randomized trial showed that treating hyperglycemia in critically ill children improved outcome, despite an increased incidence of hypoglycemia, especially in infants. OBJECTIVES We evaluated the efficacy and incidence of hypoglycemia using a tight glucose protocol in critically ill term neonates. METHODS Term hyperglycemic (>8 mmol·l(-1); >144 mg·dl(-1)) neonates treated with a tight glucose protocol during a 3.5-year period in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS Seventy-three term hyperglycemic neonates [age 0 days (0-6), weight 3.2 ± 0.8 kg, PRISM 16 (11-20)] were included for analysis. Eighteen neonates died (25%). The initial mean (range) glucose level was 11.1 mmol·l(-1) [9.6-15.2; 200 mg·dl(-1) (173-274)], and normoglycemia (<8 mmol·l(-1); <144 mg·dl(-1)) was reached within 5.3 h (1-25) with an overall treatment duration of 27 h (10-57). Seven hypoglycemic incidents (5 times ≤2.2 mmol·l(-1); 40 mg·dl(-1), and 2 times <1.7 mmol·l(-1); 31 mg·dl(-1)) occurred in 5 (6.7%) infants, without severe clinical signs. Three hypoglycemic incidents were directly explained due to a protocol violation. One hypoglycemic incident occurred with the onset of sepsis, while no apparent cause was identified for three hypoglycemic incidents. CONCLUSIONS Our glucose protocol was effective, but hypoglycemia occurred more frequently than in older children reported previously. Potential differences in glucose and insulin metabolism in term neonates appear to justify additional safety approaches, while awaiting further studies assessing the benefits of tight glucose protocols in this population. Meanwhile, we have decreased the initial insulin starting doses in our protocol.
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- Sascha C Verbruggen
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Verbruggen SCAT, de Betue CTI, Schierbeek H, Chacko S, van Adrichem LNA, Verhoeven J, van Goudoever JB, Joosten KFM. Reducing glucose infusion safely prevents hyperglycemia in post-surgical children. Clin Nutr 2011; 30:786-92. [PMID: 21719165 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2011.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2011] [Revised: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS To investigate the effects of two different glucose infusions on glucose homeostasis and amino acid metabolism in post-surgical children. METHODS This randomized crossover study evaluated glucose and amino acid metabolism in eight children (age 9.8 ± 1.9 months, weight 9.5 ± 1.1 kg) admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit in a tertiary university hospital after surgical correction for non-syndromal craniosynostosis. Patients were randomized to receive low (LG; 2.5 mg kg(-1) min(-1)) and standard (SG; 5.0 mg kg(-1) min(-1)) glucose infusion in a crossover setting. After a bolus (4 g kg(-1)) of deuterium oxide, we conducted a primed, constant, 8 h tracer infusion with [6,6-²H₂]Glucose, [1-¹³C]Leucine, [ring-²H₅]Phenylalanine and [3,3-²H₂]Tyrosine. RESULTS SG resulted in hyperglycemia (defined as > 6.1 mmol L(-1)), while during LG plasma glucose levels were normoglycemic (5.9 ± 0.6 vs. 7.5 ± 1.7 mmol L(-1); LG vs. SG respectively, p = 0.02). Hypoglycemia did not occur during LG infusion. Endogenous glucose production was not fully suppressed during the hyperglycemic state under SG and increased with reduced glucose infusion (2.6 ± 1.5 vs. 1.1 ± 1.4 mg kg(-1) min(-1); LG vs. SG; p = 0.05). Whole body protein balance derived from leucine and phenylalanine kinetics was slightly negative but not further affected with a decrease in glucose infusion. CONCLUSIONS The current recommended glucose infusion induces hyperglycemia in post-surgical children. A reduced glucose infusion safely reduced high glucose levels, while children were capable to sustain normoglycemia with increased endogenous glucose production. The reduced glucose infusion did not exacerbate the mild catabolic state in which the patients were.
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- Sascha C A T Verbruggen
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Cotter DG, d'Avignon DA, Wentz AE, Weber ML, Crawford PA. Obligate role for ketone body oxidation in neonatal metabolic homeostasis. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:6902-10. [PMID: 21209089 PMCID: PMC3044945 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.192369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2010] [Revised: 11/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To compensate for the energetic deficit elicited by reduced carbohydrate intake, mammals convert energy stored in ketone bodies to high energy phosphates. Ketone bodies provide fuel particularly to brain, heart, and skeletal muscle in states that include starvation, adherence to low carbohydrate diets, and the neonatal period. Here, we use novel Oxct1(-/-) mice, which lack the ketolytic enzyme succinyl-CoA:3-oxo-acid CoA-transferase (SCOT), to demonstrate that ketone body oxidation is required for postnatal survival in mice. Although Oxct1(-/-) mice exhibit normal prenatal development, all develop ketoacidosis, hypoglycemia, and reduced plasma lactate concentrations within the first 48 h of birth. In vivo oxidation of (13)C-labeled β-hydroxybutyrate in neonatal Oxct1(-/-) mice, measured using NMR, reveals intact oxidation to acetoacetate but no contribution of ketone bodies to the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Accumulation of acetoacetate yields a markedly reduced β-hydroxybutyrate:acetoacetate ratio of 1:3, compared with 3:1 in Oxct1(+) littermates. Frequent exogenous glucose administration to actively suckling Oxct1(-/-) mice delayed, but could not prevent, lethality. Brains of newborn SCOT-deficient mice demonstrate evidence of adaptive energy acquisition, with increased phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase α, increased autophagy, and 2.4-fold increased in vivo oxidative metabolism of [(13)C]glucose. Furthermore, [(13)C]lactate oxidation is increased 1.7-fold in skeletal muscle of Oxct1(-/-) mice but not in brain. These results indicate the critical metabolic roles of ketone bodies in neonatal metabolism and suggest that distinct tissues exhibit specific metabolic responses to loss of ketone body oxidation.
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- Chemistry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Bandsma RHJ, Mendel M, Spoelstra MN, Reijngoud DJ, Boer T, Stellaard F, Brabin B, Schellekens R, Senga E, Heikens GT. Mechanisms behind decreased endogenous glucose production in malnourished children. Pediatr Res 2010; 68:423-8. [PMID: 20657348 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e3181f2b959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Severe malnutrition is a major health problem in developing countries and can present itself as kwashiorkor or marasmus. Although marasmus is characterized by clinical wasting, kwashiorkor is associated with peripheral edema, oxidative stress, hypoalbuminemia, and hypoglycemia. The etiology of the hypoglycemia is poorly understood. We determined endogenous glucose production (EGP) in children with severe malnutrition. Children with kwashiorkor, marasmus, and controls received a primed constant infusion of [6,6H2]glucose for 2 h. An i.v. bolus of 13C-ketoisocaproic acid (KIC) was given, and breath samples were obtained during 2 h. Isotope dilution was used to calculate EGP, and 13CO2/12CO2 production was determined. Mean EGP ± SEM was 5.5 ± 0.3 mg/kg/min in the kwashiorkor group and 6.9 ± 0.4 mg/kg/min and 7.6 ± 0.7 mg/kg/min in the marasmic and control group, respectively, (p < 0.05 kwashiorkor versus marasmus and controls). EGP correlated with serum albumin concentration (r = 0.67; p < 0.001) and urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine as a marker of oxidative stress (r = -0.62; p < 0.005). 13CO2 secretion as a marker of hepatic mitochondrial function was significantly higher in the marasmic group compared with kwashiorkor and controls. We conclude that decreased EGP in severely malnourished children is related to the degree of hypoalbuminemia and oxidative stress but is not associated with a clear defect in hepatic mitochondrial function.
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Zijlmans WCWR, van Kempen AAMW, Serlie MJ, Sauerwein HP. Glucose metabolism in children: influence of age, fasting, and infectious diseases. Metabolism 2009; 58:1356-65. [PMID: 19501855 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2009.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2009] [Revised: 04/22/2009] [Accepted: 04/28/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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This review describes the occurrence of hypoglycemia in young children as a common and serious complication that needs to be avoided because of the high risk of brain damage and mortality. Young age, fasting, and severe infectious disease are considered important risk factors. The limited data on the effect of these risk factors on glucose metabolism in children are discussed and compared with data on glucose metabolism in adults. The observations discussed may have implications for further research on glucose kinetics in young children with infectious disease.
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- Wilco C W R Zijlmans
- Department of Pediatrics, Diakonessen Hospital, PO Box 1814, Paramaribo, Suriname (SA).
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Walter JH. Tolerance to fast: rational and practical evaluation in children with hypoketonaemia. J Inherit Metab Dis 2009; 32:214-7. [PMID: 19255872 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-009-1087-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2008] [Revised: 11/26/2008] [Accepted: 12/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Prolonged fasting in children with disorder of fat oxidation or ketone body synthesis can lead not only to hypoglycaemia but also to the accumulation of toxic metabolites. The length of time such patients can be safely fasted is important information for caregivers. Most children with MCAD deficiency when well can tolerate 'normal' periods without food, but in more severe disorders such as LCHAD deficiency even these may be associated with acute or chronic damage. Guidelines have been published for safe fasting periods in MCAD but not in other conditions. In the absence of such recommendations, a rational approach must be based on an understanding of the normal physiology of fasting in children of different ages and the pathophysiology associated with the child's particular disorder. Intercurrent infections pose a particular risk and may significantly reduce fasting tolerance.
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- J H Walter
- Willink Biochemical Genetics Unit, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Hospital Road, Manchester, M27 4HA, UK.
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Zijlmans WCWR, van Kempen AAMW, Ackermans MT, de Metz J, Kager PA, Sauerwein HP. Very young children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria have higher risk of hypoglycaemia: a study from Suriname. Trop Med Int Health 2008; 13:626-34. [PMID: 18384481 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02064.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To measure glucose kinetics and the influence of age, nutritional status and fasting duration in children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria (UFM) under the age of 5 years. METHODS Plasma glucose concentration, endogenous glucose production (EGP) and gluconeogenesis (GNG) were measured using [6,6-(2)H(2)]glucose and (2)H(2)O in 17 very young (<3 years) and 7 older (3-5 years) Surinamese children with UFM admitted to the Distrikt Hospital Stoelmanseiland and Diakonessen Hospital Paramaribo over 17 months. RESULTS Plasma glucose concentration was lower in the group of very young children than in the older children (P = 0.028). There were no differences in EGP and GNG between the groups. Overall GNG contributed 56% (median, range 17-87%) to EGP, with no differences between the groups (P = 0.240). Glucose clearance was lower in the older children (P = 0.026). Glucose concentration did not differ between children with weight for length/height less than -1.3 SD and children with weight for length/height greater than -1.3 SD (P = 0.266). Plasma glucose concentration was not predicted by fasting duration (P = 0.762). CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest a higher risk of hypoglycaemia in very young children with uncomplicated malaria as plasma glucose concentration was lower in this study group. Since this could not be attributed to an impaired EGP, and because glucose clearance was lower in the older children, we presume that older children were better capable of reducing glucose utilization during fasting. Studies on glucose kinetics are feasible in very young children with malaria and give more insight in the pathophysiology of hypoglycaemia.
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This article, which is partly biographical and partly scientific, summarizes a life in academic medicine. It relates my progress from benchside to bedside and then to academic and research administration, and concludes with the teaching of human biology to college undergraduates. My experience as an intern (anno 1953) treating a youngster in diabetic ketoacidosis underscored our ignorance of the controls in human fuel metabolism. Circulating free fatty acids were then unknown, insulin could not be measured in biologic fluids, and beta-hydroxybutyric acid, which was difficult to measure, was considered by many a metabolic poison. The central role of insulin and the metabolism of free fatty acids, glycerol, glucose, lactate, and pyruvate, combined with indirect calorimetry, needed characterization in a near-steady state, namely prolonged starvation. This is the main topic of this chapter. Due to its use by brain, D-beta-hydroxybutyric acid not only has permitted man to survive prolonged starvation, but also may have therapeutic potential owing to its greater efficiency in providing cellular energy in ischemic states such as stroke, myocardial insufficiency, neonatal stress, genetic mitochondrial problems, and physical fatigue.
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- George F Cahill
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Tubiana-Rufi N, Coutant R, Bloch J, Munz-Licha G, Delcroix C, Montaud-Raguideau N, Ducrocq R, Limal JM, Czernichow P. Special management of insulin lispro in continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in young diabetic children: a randomized cross-over study. HORMONE RESEARCH 2004; 62:265-71. [PMID: 15523183 DOI: 10.1159/000081703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2004] [Accepted: 08/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the safety, efficacy and management of insulin lispro (LP) with regular human insulin (RH) in young diabetic children treated with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII). STUDY DESIGN 27 very young diabetic children (age 4.6 +/- 2.2 years) treated with CSII participated in an open-label, randomized cross-over multicenter study comparing 2 periods of 16 weeks of CSII with LP or RH. RESULTS Mean daily basal rate was significantly higher during the LP period (p = 0.04). No differences were seen in changes in HbA1c levels, number of hypoglycemic events, cutaneous infections and catheter occlusions. There was no significant difference between the two treatments for preprandial and postprandial glucose values, although prandial glucose excursions tended to be lower with LP (significant at dinner, p = 0.01). Mean blood glucose levels were significantly higher at 0.00 and 3.00 a.m. during LP therapy (p < 0.05). No episode of ketoacidosis occurred during LP treatment. More parents indicated that LP made their own and the child's daily life easier (p = 0.02) and preferred LP (p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS LP in CSII therapy in children is safe, as effective as RH, improved postprandial excursions, met the needs of young children in their daily life well, and gained their parents' satisfaction and preference. However, a shorter duration of LP resulted in hyperglycemia during the first part of the night, which must be compensated for by increasing nocturnal basal rates during this time.
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- Nadia Tubiana-Rufi
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France.
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Hypoglycemia is an inevitable consequence of the treatment of type 1 diabetes in childhood. Nocturnal hypoglycemia is often considered as merely the submerged part of this serious complication yet there are reasons to believe that hypoglycemia occurring during sleep may be different in physiological terms. Glucose homeostasis during fasting, delayed effects of exercise and alterations in sleep physiology, itself, may not only affect the risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia but may influence the ability to correct glucose concentration as it falls, leading to episodes of hypoglycemia which are both profound and prolonged. The etiology and potential repercussions are incompletely understood and the most appropriate defense remains unclear. A greater understanding of this enigmatic phenomenon is essential before appropriate methods for hypoglycemia avoidance can be developed.
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- Krystyna A Matyka
- Division of Medicine, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
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Hypoglycemia is more common in the pediatric patient than in adults. This article discusses the many diagnoses that can be associated with hypoglycemia in infancy and childhood. A guide to help practitioners evaluate such patients and suggested treatments for many of these disorders are provided. As genetic diagnosis continues to develop, it is anticipated that the list of specific disorders associated with hypoglycemia in infancy and childhood will increase.
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- Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Tubiana-Rufi N, de Lonlay P, Bloch J, Czernichow P. [Remission of severe hypoglycemic incidents in young diabetic children treated with subcutaneous infusion]. Arch Pediatr 1996; 3:969-76. [PMID: 8952790 DOI: 10.1016/0929-693x(96)81717-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Conventional insulin therapy for diabetes mellitus can be inadequate for controlling glycemia in young patients in whom the risk of hypoglycemia is particularly high. PATIENTS A retrospective study comparing all the children under 6 years of age treated in our department by continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (group P, n = 10, mean age: 3.7 years) to 17 children with conventional insulin therapy (group C, mean age: 5.1 years) was conducted during a mean period of 2 years. RESULTS Mean insulin doses, HbAlc, pre-prandial and daily glycemic levels, measured at 0, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, did not differ significantly between both groups. Mean HbAlc levels remained < or = 8% in the two groups. There was no episode of severe hypoglycemia in group P vs ten episodes in group C (P < 0.05); this benefit was confirmed in those six children belonging to group P who had previously followed a conventional therapy: 11 episodes during the conventional period vs 0 episode during the pump period (P < 0.05). Nine out of ten families were very satisfied with the treatment by pump mainly because of a more comfortable life style and a reduction of parents' anxiety due to disappearance of severe hypoglycemias. The insulin pump therapy had some limits: cutaneous complications and technical ones were responsible for two keto-acidosis episodes (0.1 episode per year-patient) and a higher frequency of hospitalizations. In group C, hospitalizations were caused by severe hypoglycemias and unbalanced glycemic control. CONCLUSIONS Insulin pump therapy could be indicated in young diabetic children at high risk of severe hypoglycemia under conditions of a specialized medical and educational supervision and knowledge of the limits of such a treatment.
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- N Tubiana-Rufi
- Service d'endocrinologie et de diabétologie pédiatriques, hôpital Robert-Debré, Paris, France
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Bougnères PF, Rocchiccioli F, Nurjhan N, Zeller J. Stable isotope determination of plasma lactate conversion into glucose in fasting infants. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1995; 268:E652-9. [PMID: 7733264 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1995.268.4.e652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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To quantify lactate gluconeogenesis, we developed a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method based on the infusion of [6,6-2H2]glucose and [3-13C]lactate tracers to 12 infants aged 1-25 mo fasting for 11.5 +/- 1.5 h. Both rates of appearance of plasma glucose (26.7 +/- 2.6 mumol.kg-1.min-1, 4.8 +/- 0.5 mg.kg-1.min-1) and lactate (30.8 +/- 3.1 mumol.kg-1.min-1, 2.8 +/- 0.3 mg.kg-1.min-1) were remarkably elevated compared with adult values. The interconversion of plasma lactate and glucose was determined by 1) measuring the incorporation of 13C from [3-13C]lactate into plasma glucose; 2) correcting for the metabolic exchange of carbon atoms in the tricarboxylic acid cycle. For this purpose, an additional group of six infants was infused with [3-13C]lactate, and the distribution of 13C at specific carbon positions in the glucose molecule was determined using relevant ions in the electron-impact mass spectrum of its 1,2,5,6-diisopropylidene-3-O-acetyl-alpha-furanosyl derivative; and 3) measuring the reverse conversion of glucose to lactate in five other infants infused with [1-13C]glucose. We found that 54 +/- 2% of glucose was derived from plasma lactate (14.4 +/- 1.3 mumol.kg-1.min-1, 2.6 +/- 0.2 mg.kg-1.min-1). Lactate and glucose rates of appearance were correlated (r = 0.58, P < 0.05) and decreased with fasting duration (r = 0.66, P < 0.02). The correction factor for carbon exchange in the tricarboxylic acid cycle was 1.14 +/- 0.11.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 342, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France
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Because the infant's brain is to a large extent dependent on glucose utilization, hypoglycemia of infants can have grave effects on brain function, and it is important to diagnose it and, when possible, treat it promptly. Causes of hypoglycemia in infants are (a) excess insulin secretion, (b) factitious hyperinsulinemia, (c) GH or ACTH deficiency, (d) primary glucocorticoid deficiency, (e) defects of the enzymes involved in hepatic glucose production, or (f) defects in hepatic fatty acid oxidation.
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Paris 14e, France
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Bonnefont JP, Specola NB, Vassault A, Lombes A, Ogier H, de Klerk JB, Munnich A, Coude M, Paturneau-Jouas M, Saudubray JM. The fasting test in paediatrics: application to the diagnosis of pathological hypo- and hyperketotic states. Eur J Pediatr 1990; 150:80-5. [PMID: 2279514 DOI: 10.1007/bf02072043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A 24-h fasting test was performed in 48 control children, in 9 hypoketotic patients with inherited defects of fatty acid oxidation and in 2 hyperketotic patients with inherited defects of ketolysis. The control group was then divided into three age groups on the basis of different adaptation to fasting. Concentrations of blood glucose, lactate, free fatty acids (FFA), 3-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate and carnitine were measured after 15 h, 20 h and 24 h of fasting. Significant negative correlations were found in the control group between plasma total ketone bodies (KB) and plasma glucose (P less than 0.001), plasma carnitine (P less than 0.005) and the amplitude of glycaemic response to glucagon at the end of the fast (P less than 0.01). FFA/KB ratio and the product of final fasting values of glucose and ketones were useful to differentiate between hypoketotic or hyperketotic patients and normal subjects. In children with a suspected or definite hyperketotic or hypoketotic disorder, a fasting test must only be performed in healthy patients, in good nutritional condition with non-diagnostic basal biochemical investigations. Carefully supervised fasting should be continued sufficiently to allow ketogenesis and ketolysis to become activated.
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- J P Bonnefont
- Département de Pédiatrie, Inserm U-12, Hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Paris, France
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Senior B, Sadeghi-Nejad A. Hypoglycemia: a pathophysiologic approach. ACTA PAEDIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. SUPPLEMENT 1989; 352:1-27. [PMID: 2801110 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1989.tb11227.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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An exploration of the factors that sustain glucose levels in the normal fasting subject reveals that the single major component is conservation of glucose rather than gluconeogenesis. Conservation is achieved by recycling of glucose carbon as lactate, pyruvate and alanine, and a profound decrease in the oxidation of glucose by the brain brought about by the provision and use of ketones. What glucose continues to be oxidized is for the most part formed from glycerol. Gluconeogenesis from protein plays little part in the process. Fasting hypoglycemia results from disorders affecting either one of the two critical sustaining factors--the recycling process or the availability and use of ketones. Individual hypoglycemic entities are examined against this background.
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- B Senior
- Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
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Lamers KJ, Doesburg WH, Gabreëls FJ, Romsom AC, Lemmens WA, Wevers RA, Renier WO. CSF concentration and CSF/blood ratio of fuel related components in children after prolonged fasting. Clin Chim Acta 1987; 167:135-45. [PMID: 3665092 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(87)90366-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In order to obtain information about blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations, and CSF/blood ratio data of fuel related substrates at the end of a prolonged fast in children, we have selected biochemical data from fasting test procedures in 11 control children aged 3-5 yr, fasted 24 h, and 58 control children aged 6-15 yr, fasted 40 h. There was a good correlation between blood and CSF concentrations for glucose, acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyrate. The relation with age and sex has been analyzed only in the older children. CSF and blood values for glucose are positively related with age, and both ketones are negatively related with age. Lactate, pyruvate and alanine concentrations in blood and CSF are not related with age, except for CSF pyruvate. With respect to the CSF/blood ratio for the above mentioned components, only the value for acetoacetate is sex and age related. The calculated median caloric values for the sum of glucose, lactate, pyruvate and ketones in CSF are independent of age at the end of a 40-h fast. The diminished glucose contribution on the CSF caloric homeostasis in younger children is fully compensated by the ketone bodies.
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- K J Lamers
- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Steiner RA. Nutritional and metabolic factors in the regulation of reproductive hormone secretion in the primate. Proc Nutr Soc 1987; 46:159-75. [PMID: 3114752 DOI: 10.1079/pns19870025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Lamers KJ, Doesburg WH, Gabreëls FJ, Lemmens WA, Romsom AC, Wevers RA, Renier WO. The concentration of blood components related to fuel metabolism during prolonged fasting in children. Clin Chim Acta 1985; 152:155-63. [PMID: 4053396 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(85)90186-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In order to study the relationship between sex, age and glucose, and the concentrations of various fuel related blood substrates in children during prolonged fasting, we have selected data of fasting procedures in 13 control children aged 3-5 yr, fasted 24 h, and 58 control children aged 6-15 yr, fasted 40 h. Compared to the blood results after overnight fast, glucose is decreased, and lactate, pyruvate, ketones and non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA's) are all clearly increased at the end of fast. The concentrations of alanine and triglycerides remain unchanged. The relation with sex, age and glucose has only been analyzed in the older children group. A sex-dependency is indicated for the ketones. Ketones are negatively related with age. NEFA's pyruvate and alanine are not age-related, whereas glucose, lactate and triglycerides are moderately age-dependent. Ketones are negatively related with glucose, whereas pyruvate, NEFA's and triglycerides are not glucose-related. Lactate and alanine are weakly related to glucose. The data demonstrate diminished glucose homeostasis and increased ketogenesis in younger children compared to older ones during prolonged fasting.
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Cameron JL, Koerker DJ, Steiner RA. Metabolic changes during maturation of male monkeys: possible signals for onset of puberty. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1985; 249:E385-91. [PMID: 3901775 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1985.249.4.e385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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There is a close relationship between the metabolic status of a maturing animal and the timing of puberty onset. However, the signals linking metabolic status to the maturation of the reproductive axis remain unknown. We looked for metabolic differences before and after puberty by comparing plasma profiles of insulin, glucose, amino acids, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and glycerol between juvenile and adult monkeys in fed and fasted states. Thirteen juvenile and 13 adult male crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis) were fed a mixed meal, and blood samples were collected at intervals between 1.5 and 52 h after the meal. Plasma insulin concentrations decreased in a similar manner in both groups during the first 16 h of fasting. By 20 h after a meal, basal insulin levels were significantly lower (P less than 0.025) in juveniles compared with adults and remained so until the end of the fast. Circulating levels of glucose were similar in juveniles and adults immediately after a meal and then decreased significantly (P less than 0.025) in juveniles by 28 h of fasting and in adults by 52 h of fasting. Plasma concentrations of all large neutral amino acids (i.e., tyrosine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, valine, leucine, and isoleucine, LNAA) except tryptophan decreased more precipitously in juveniles than in adults during the first 20 h of fasting. However, the ratios of tyrosine to other LNAA and tryptophan to other LNAA were similar in juveniles and adults at all times. beta-Hydroxybutyrate concentrations were low in both groups until 24 h after a meal, at which time plasma levels increased more rapidly and attained higher values in juveniles compared with adults.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Poll-The BT, Aicardi J, Girot R, Rosa R. Neurological findings in triosephosphate isomerase deficiency. Ann Neurol 1985; 17:439-43. [PMID: 4004168 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410170504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Two siblings with hemolytic anemia caused by triosephosphate isomerase deficiency developed a progressive neurological syndrome featuring dystonic movements, tremor, pyramidal tract signs, and evidence of spinal motor neuron involvement. Intelligence was unaffected. The findings in these patients and in 14 previously published cases indicate that neurological manifestations are an integral part of the disorder and suggest that specific structures in the basal ganglia, brainstem, and spinal cord bear the brunt of the pathological process, which does not affect the cerebral cortex.
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Lamers KJ, Doesburg WH, Gabreëls FJ, Romsom AC, Renier WO, Wevers RA, Lemmens WA. Reference values of blood components related to fuel metabolism in children after an overnight fast. Clin Chim Acta 1985; 145:17-26. [PMID: 3978820 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(85)90015-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The interrelation between blood components, involved in fuel metabolism, and age, sex and glucose was studied in 72 control children (26 girls and 46 boys, aged between 3 and 15 yr) after an overnight fast (14 h). Glucose, lactate, pyruvate, triglycerides and cholesterol are age-independent. Alanine is positively correlated, whereas beta-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate and NEFA's are negatively correlated with age. With respect to blood sugar, acetoacetate, NEFA's and cholesterol are glucose-independent. Lactate, pyruvate, alanine and triglycerides are positively correlated with glucose, and beta-hydroxybutyrate--and total ketone bodies--are negatively correlated with glucose. Except for triglycerides, no differences in the concentrations of the above mentioned blood substrates are seen between boys and girls. These data demonstrate that after an overnight fast lipolysis and ketogenesis already are active in young children, probably related to inadequate gluconeogenesis and improvement of carbohydrate regulation with age.
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Ketotic hypoglycaemia is the most common form of childhood hypoglycaemia. This disorder classically manifests itself between the ages of 18 months and 5 years, and generally remits spontaneously before 8 or 9 years of age. A presumptive diagnosis is made by documenting a low blood sugar in association with ketonuria, ketonaemia and typical symptoms of hypoglycaemia. The definitive diagnosis is established by demonstrating an inability to tolerate a provocative ketogenic diet, or a fast. Susceptible or affected children develop severe hypoglycaemia and ketosis on this diet within 24 hours. Plasma alanine concentrations on either a normal or ketogenic diet were significantly lower in ketotic hypoglycaemic children compared with normal children. In contrast to adults, even normal children develop hypoglycaemia and ketonaemia when calorically deprived for relatively short periods of time (32 to 36 hrs).
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Saudubray JM, Marsac C, Limal JM, Dumurgier E, Charpentier C, Ogier H, Coudè FX. Variation in plasma ketone bodies during a 24-hour fast in normal and in hypoglycemic children: relationship to age. J Pediatr 1981; 98:904-8. [PMID: 7014812 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(81)80583-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The variations in blood ketone bodies, blood glucose, and insulin were studied in 19 normal and 14 hypoglycemic children, 4 months to 13 years of age, during a 24-hour fast. Except in four patients (two with hyperinsulinism and two with congenital defect in ketogenesis), a significant increase in blood ketone bodies was observed in both controls and patients. A progressive decrease in glucose concentrations was observed up to but not after 20 hours. A highly negative correlation between blood ketone bodies and blood glucose was found, with a large dispersion of blood ketone bodies, especially for those corresponding to the blood glucose between 45 and 65 mg/dl. This dispersion was consistently reduced in a homogenous age group of 4 to 6 years with similar glucose values. There was a positive correlation between age and blood glucose from hour 21 on, and an inverse relationship between age and blood ketone bodies from hour 15 on. The same high inverse relationship between age and blood ketone bodies was again observed when the variable of glucose concentration was factored out, demonstrating that the variation in blood ketone bodies is indeed related to age. These findings need to be taken into account in the interpretation of fasting blood ketone bodies, especially when used as an aid in the diagnosis of the various forms of childhood hypoglycemia, and of hypoketotic states.
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Bougnères PF, Saudubray JM, Marsac C, Bernard O, Odièvre M, Girard J. Fasting hypoglycemia resulting from hepatic carnitine palmitoyl transferase deficiency. J Pediatr 1981; 98:742-6. [PMID: 7014807 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(81)80834-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Two sisters developed severe hypoglycemia at 8 months of age, resulting in death in one of them. Metabolic studies of the second revealed decline of blood glucose concentration and low plasma ketone body values during a 20-hour fast, both reversed by administration of medium-chain triglycerides. Carnitine palmitoyl transferase activity was absent in the liver extract of the patient; lack of this enzyme impairs long-chain fatty acid oxidation and ketogenesis. Failure of gluconeogenesis could result from decreased production of acetyl-CoA and NADH.
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Brown TC, Connelly JF, Dunlop ME, McDougall PN, Tibballs J. Fasting plasma glucose in children. AUSTRALIAN PAEDIATRIC JOURNAL 1980; 16:28-9. [PMID: 7387554 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1980.tb02480.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Dahlquist G, Gentz J, Hagenfeldt L, Larsson A, Löw H, Persson B, Zetterström R. Ketotic hypoglycemia of childhood--a clinical trial of several unifying etiological hypotheses. ACTA PAEDIATRICA SCANDINAVICA 1979; 68:649-56. [PMID: 393061 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1979.tb18433.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We have studied 15 children referred to St. Göran's Children's Hospital because of suspected ketotic hypoglycemia. The patients were investigated according to a program designed to test several hypotheses--old and new--postulated to explain the etiology of ketotic hypoglycemia. We have used the classical ketogenic provocation with a low calorie, high fat diet and measured the blood levels of several substrates and hormones as well as the urinary excretion of certain metabolites and hormones. Out of the 15 children, 6 will fill the criteria of ketotic hypoglycemia at the time of study. The most remarkable finding in these 6 children in contrast to the other children studied was that they did not decrease their peripheral glucose utilization (measured as Kg) during starvation. These 6 children seemed to be more "advanced" in their adaptation to ketogenic diet in all other parameters studied. The children with ketotic hypoglycemia did not differ from the other children in plasma level of cortisol or urinary excretion of nitrogen, urea, 3-methylstidine and catecholamines. We favour the concept that the children with ketotic hypoglycemia represent the tail of the gaussian curve in the normal age-dependent development of the adaptation to starvation.
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