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189. Growth and development Flashcards

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Causes:

  • Cushing’s Disease: pituitary ACTH hypersecretion
  • Cortisol secreting tumor
  • CRH secreting tumor
  • Exogenous (high dose steroids)

Suppress GH and IGF-1 action at the growth plate
- slow linear growth with weight gain acceleration

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Glucocorticoid excess

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In hypothyroidism:

- in addition to typical symptoms you will also see profound growth deceleration/failure and __ puberty

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Delayed

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Most important in the first few months (up to about 9 months) when it comes to postnatal growth

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Nutrition

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Secretion affected by:

  • thyroid hormone
  • estrogen
  • glucocorticoids
  • androgens
  • IGF-1
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GH

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Newborns with congenital hypothyroidism or growth hormone deficiency are usually __ at birth

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Normal size

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Disorders of the GH-IGF axis

Other endocrine disorders:

  • Cushing’s
  • Hypothyroidism

Malnutrition

IUGR

Chronic diseases

Psychosocial disorders

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Secondary Growth Disorders

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Growth hormone action:

  • Increases lipolysis
  • Decreases lipogenesis

Make __ into lean tissue

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Adipose tissue

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Hormone that leads to:

  • bone growth directly (2 routes)
  • Inhibition of IGF-1 negative feedback pathway
  • increase secretion of GH from pituitary
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Estrogen

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At midgestation, fetus grows how much per week?

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2.5 cm

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Growth hormone action at the level of __:

  • increases AA transport
  • Increases nitrogen retention
  • Increases lean tissue
  • Increases energy expenditure
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Muscle

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Hypothalamic dysfunction –> impaired GHRH release

  • congenital malformations
  • trauma
  • inflammation
  • CNS tumors
  • cranial irradiation
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GH deficiency

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Binding of what molecule to its receptor at the bone level leads to growth

Synthesized in the liver

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IGF-1

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In secondary growth disorders:
- linear growth is __ throughout

Skeletal age (bone age) __ chronologic age

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Slow

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Endocrine regulators of growth
- local production critical for normal intrauterine growth

Prenatal role in humans not completely delineated
- mice with knockouts have birth weights 60% of normal

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IGF-1 and IGF-2

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Definition:

  • more than 2 standard deviations below for sex and age
  • 3% of all children
  • does not automatically imply pathology
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Short stature

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Critical mediator of growth
- rises significantly during puberty

Largely responsible for stimulating muscle and cartilage growth

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IGF-1

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Children grow in a remarkably __ manner

Any deviation from this pattern should raise concern

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Predictable

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Secreted in a pulsatile manner, greatest amplitude overnight

Regulated by:

  • GHRH (+)
  • somatostatin (-)

Secretion affected by:

  • exercise
  • sleep patterns
  • food intake: ghrelin
  • age and pubertal status
  • body composition
  • emotional factors
  • various other neurotransmitters
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GH

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Peak growth rates occur during the __ __ of life and during puberty

  • 0-12 months: 25 cm/yr
  • 12-24 months: 12.5 cm/yr
  • 2 yrs - puberty: 6-8 cm/yr
  • pubertal peak: 9-10 cm/yr
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The major endocrine regulator of fetal growth

- infants of diabetic mothers are born large bc glucose crosses placenta

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3 phases of growth

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  1. Fetal (in utero)
  2. Infancy and childhood
  3. Adolescence
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Girls: ((Dad’s height - 5 inches) + mom’s height)/2

Boys: (Dad’s height + (mom’s height + 5 inches))/2

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Mid parental height

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Idiopathic short stature:

Genetic or familial short stature is cases in which bone age __ chronological age

Constitutional delay of growth and puberty (late bloomers) is cases in which bone age __ chronological age

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What kind of growth chart do you use for 2-20 year olds?

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In primary growth abnormalities: - linear growth rate can be: - -> __ , but below the typically growth curve - -> __ , but then slows down Skeletal age (bone age) __ Chronologic age
Normal | =
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IGF won't get transported through blood effectively without __
IGFBP
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Direct effect on epiphyseal cartilage - chondrocyte proliferation - epiphyseal fusion Permissive effect on growth hormone secretion - increases GH release
Thyroid hormone
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Endocrine causes of short stature (3 types)
Hypothyroidism Glucocorticoid excess IGF deficiency
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What kind of growth chart do you use for 0-2 year olds?
WHO
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Main source of nutrition and oxygen to the fetus Abnormal implantation, vascular insufficiency, infarction can compromise supply of oxygen and nutrients to the fetus
Placenta
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Growth hormone action: - Promotes epiphyseal growth - GH stimulates differentiation of prechondrocytes and local expression of IGF-1
Linear growth
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Combination of hypothyroidism, precocious puberty, and ovarian cysts in girls
Van Wyk Grumbach syndrome
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Infants with __ are born small for gestational age d/t insulin resistance
Leprechaunism
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Some features of __: - round, cherubic face - truncal obesity - small hands/feet - neonatal hypoglycemia, prolonged jaundice, and/or micropenis - Hx of cranial irradiation or chemotherapy - Midline defects - High pitched voice
GH deficiency
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What position is a 2+yo when you measure their height?
Standing up
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Puberty is regulated by the __ axis Sex steroids, estrogen, and testosterone produce the physical changes of puberty and promote the growth spurt
HPG (hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal)
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aka Intrinsic Growth Plate Abnormalities Osteochondrodysplasias Chromosomal abnormalities - Down's Syndrome - Turner Syndrome - Russel-Silver Syndrome
Primary Growth Abnormalities
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Major endocrine regulators of growth in infancy and childhood
Thyroid hormone | Growth hormone
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What position is a 0-2yo when you measure their height?
Supine
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Growth hormone action: - increases osteoclast differentiation and activity - increases osteoblast activity - increases bone mass by endochondral bone formation
Bone metabolism
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When checking bone age, you take an XR of the __ __
Left hand
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Normal intrauterine growth is largely __ of the fetal pituitary gland hormones
independent
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Deviation from a __ __ __ can be the first manifestation of a wide variety of disease processes
Normal growth pattern
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Height < 3rd percentile Height significantly below genetic potential - just bc they're on the growth curve doesn't mean they are growing the way they should Abnormally slow growth rate Downwardly crossing percentile channels after 18 months - 2 years of age
Red flags for growth
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Nutritional obesity has normal growth or accelerated from increased __ acting on IGF-1 receptors
Insulin
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