Atrial and Ventricular Structural and Functional Alterations in Obese Children.

: Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in the world. Obesity in children is defined as a body mass index (BMI) equal to or above the 95th percentile for age and sex. The aim of this study was to determine early changes in cardiac structure and function in obese children by comparing them with their nonobese peers, using echocardiography methods.

Early development of endocrine and metabolic consequences after treatment of central nervous system tumors in children.

Background And Objective: Survival after childhood cancer has dramatically improved during last few decades, implying the need for evaluation and correction of late consequences of the disease and its treatment. The aim of this study was to characterize endocrine and metabolic late effects after treatment of brain tumors in children.

Materials And Methods: Late complications were analyzed in 51 children treated for brain tumors at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences during 2000-2011.