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Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in India
In clinical practice, every year approximately 150,000 children are referred with short stature (SS) based on a cut-off of fifth percentile. The most important endocrine and treatable cause of SS is growth hormone deficiency (GHD). The lack of reliable data on the prevalence of GHD in India limits e...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102730/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27867396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2967578 |
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author | John, Mathew Koledova, Ekaterina Kumar, Kanakatte Mylariah Prasanna Chaudhari, Harshal |
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description | In clinical practice, every year approximately 150,000 children are referred with short stature (SS) based on a cut-off of fifth percentile. The most important endocrine and treatable cause of SS is growth hormone deficiency (GHD). The lack of reliable data on the prevalence of GHD in India limits estimation of the magnitude of this problem. The diagnosis and treatment of GHD are hurdled with various challenges, restricting the availability of growth hormone (GH) therapy to only a very limited segment of the children in India. This review will firstly summarize the gaps and challenges in diagnosis and treatment of GHD based on literature analysis. Subsequently, it presents suggestions from the members at advisory board meetings to overcome these challenges. The advisory board suggested that early initiation of the therapy could better the chances of achieving final adult height within the normal range for the population. Education and awareness about growth disorders among parents, regular training for physicians, and more emphasis on using the Indian growth charts for growth monitoring would help improve the diagnosis and treatment of children with GHD. Availability of an easy-to-use therapy delivery system could also be beneficial in improving adherence and achieving satisfactory outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-51027302016-11-20 Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in India John, Mathew Koledova, Ekaterina Kumar, Kanakatte Mylariah Prasanna Chaudhari, Harshal Int J Endocrinol Review Article In clinical practice, every year approximately 150,000 children are referred with short stature (SS) based on a cut-off of fifth percentile. The most important endocrine and treatable cause of SS is growth hormone deficiency (GHD). The lack of reliable data on the prevalence of GHD in India limits estimation of the magnitude of this problem. The diagnosis and treatment of GHD are hurdled with various challenges, restricting the availability of growth hormone (GH) therapy to only a very limited segment of the children in India. This review will firstly summarize the gaps and challenges in diagnosis and treatment of GHD based on literature analysis. Subsequently, it presents suggestions from the members at advisory board meetings to overcome these challenges. The advisory board suggested that early initiation of the therapy could better the chances of achieving final adult height within the normal range for the population. Education and awareness about growth disorders among parents, regular training for physicians, and more emphasis on using the Indian growth charts for growth monitoring would help improve the diagnosis and treatment of children with GHD. Availability of an easy-to-use therapy delivery system could also be beneficial in improving adherence and achieving satisfactory outcomes. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5102730/ /pubmed/27867396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2967578 Text en Copyright © 2016 Mathew John et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article John, Mathew Koledova, Ekaterina Kumar, Kanakatte Mylariah Prasanna Chaudhari, Harshal Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in India |
title | Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in India |
title_full | Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in India |
title_fullStr | Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in India |
title_full_unstemmed | Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in India |
title_short | Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in India |
title_sort | challenges in the diagnosis and management of growth hormone deficiency in india |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102730/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27867396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2967578 |
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