Endocrinology | KK Women's and Children's Hospital

The Paediatric Endocrinology Service cares for children with hormone related concerns or conditions. Our paediatric endocrinologists will care for your child in a setting that is age-appropriate, along with nurses, educators and nutritionists who are attuned to their special needs.

Children with disorders of metabolism

Type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Impaired glucose tolerance
Impaired fasting glucose
Hyperglycemia
Morbid obesity <5y old
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypoglycemia

Children with thyroid disorders

Congenital hypothyroidism
Neonatal hyperthyroidism
Acquired hypothyroidism
Autoimmune hypothyroidism
Acquired hyperthyroidism
Autoimmune hyperthyroidism
Goiter and/or thyroid nodule

Children with abnormal puberty

Precocious puberty/thelarche in girls
Precocious puberty in boys
Premature adrenarche in girls
Premature adrenarche in boys
Delayed puberty

Children with abnormal growth

Short/tall stature
Faltering growth
Growth failure

Children with drenal insufficiency

Congenital or acquired

Children with pituitary insufficiency

Congenital or acquired

Children with metabolic bone disease

Rickets or osteoporosis

Conditions We Treat

Childhood adrenal disease Diabetes in children Disorders of sex development Hypercholesterolemia in children Metabolic one disease Pituitary insufficiency Precocious puberty Thyroid disease in children

Treatments Offered / Procedures and Surgeries

Adrenal hormone replacement Bisphosphonate therapy Glucagon stimulation test Glucose tolerance test Growth hormone therapy Lucrin stimulation test Paediatric insulin pump therapy Pituitary hormone replacement Pubertal suppression for precocious puberty Sex hormone replacement Synacthen test Thyroid hormone replacement for hypothyroidism Thyroid hormone suppression for hyperthyroidism

Clinical Outcomes

Readmission Rates of Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Contact Information

Clinic T, Children’s Tower, Level 2

8.30am to 5.30pm

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