Paediatric Science

Titles of Past Assignments

In-depth Reviews and Audit topics

• The Optimal Management of Growth in Turner Syndrome
• Comparison between infants with permanent congenital hypothyroidism and transient TSH elevation; factors predicting transient thyroid dysfunction
• The benefits and drawbacks of the insulin pump compared with injection therapy in the treatment of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
• Efficacy and Safety of growth hormone therapy in small for gestational age children
• Thyrotoxicosis in the west of Scotland paediatric age group: outcomes of medical treatment and prognostic predictors of medical therapy
• Comparison between infants with permanent congenital hypothyroidism and transient TSH elevation: factors predicting transient thyroid dysfunction
• Audit of asthma discharge planning
• Childhood obesity
• Prevalence of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Scotland: effect of parental age and association with other congenital anomalies
• Imaging modalities and laboratory tests used in evaluation of children with congenital hypothyroidism
• Screening for thyroid dysfunction in children and adolescents with Down’s syndrome, Turner syndrome and type1 diabetes
• Clinical and cost effectiveness of growth hormone in non-classical growth hormone deficiency: a review
• School-based annual hypothyroidism screening for children with Down’s Syndrome using dried blood spot samples: an audit for the development of best practice protocol
• The value of biochemical tests in monitoring treatment in 21-hydroxylase deficiency
• Short-term growth response and final height in children treated with growth hormone for unlicensed indications: experience of a single centre
• The relationship between capillary 17-hydroxyprogesterone profile, growth velocity and glucocorticoid therapy in congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Project

Predictive value of basal levels of luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone in the diagnosis of precocious and early puberty