Publications by authors named "Y Dominguez Novoa"

Aims: To study the incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in children <14 years in the island of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) during the 2006-2018 period and to evaluate its temporal trend, seasonality, age and sex distribution.

Subjects And Methods: We studied children <14 years of age living in Gran Canaria. We calculated the annual and overall incidence using recorded data from the Pediatric Endocrinology Department as the primary source and the local Diabetes Association and the hospital's pharmacy as secondary sources.

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Growth failure is a characteristic manifestation of pediatric Cushing's disease. Catch-up growth is usually incomplete after cure of the disease, and final height is often compromised. Possible mechanisms for this phenomenon include postoperative persistence of GH hyposecretion and absence of retardation of bone maturation in spite of GH deficiency.

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Clinical guidelines and consensus statements serve to summarize and organize current knowledge on diverse subjects and provide practical guidelines for proper clinical management. Recommendations should be based on research and evidence derived from appropriate sources. In 2008, more than 20 consensus statements were published in the pediatric literature alone.

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Endocrine disorders are common in infants in the neonatal ICU. They often are associated with prematurity, low birth weight or very low birth weight, and small size for gestational age. They also frequently occur in infants who are critically ill or stressed.

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Clinical guidelines and consensus statements serve to summarize and organize current knowledge on diverse subjects, and provide practical guidelines for proper clinical management. Recommendations should be based on research and evidence derived from appropriate sources. In 2008, more than 20 consensus statements were published in the pediatric literature alone.

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