ABP Pediatric Endocrinology study guide
ABP Pediatric Endocrinology · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Pediatric Endocrinology is one of the pediatric subspecialties certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. The ABP offers subspecialty certifying examinations every two years for the subspecialties it administers or co-sponsors with other ABMS boards. The ABP Pediatric Endocrinology study guide has 10 sections and about 2,465 words.
01Growth, Growth Hormone, and Short Stature
Growth integrates nutrition, thyroid hormone, growth hormone (GH)/IGF-1, sex steroids, and skeletal health. Plot length or height, weight, and head circumference on the correct chart for age and sex.
318 words, about 2 min02Hypothalamic and Pituitary Disorders
The pituitary sits in the sella, connected to the hypothalamus by the stalk. Anterior hormones are GH, LH/FSH, TSH, ACTH, and prolactin; posterior hormones are ADH and oxytocin.
281 words, about 1 min03Thyroid Disorders
Thyroid hormone regulates growth and neurodevelopment. Newborn screening uses TSH or T4.
268 words, about 1 min04Adrenal Disorders
The adrenal cortex makes mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and androgens. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is most often 21-hydroxylase deficiency, causing cortisol and aldosterone deficiency with androgen excess.
230 words, about 1 min05Puberty and Gonadal Disorders
Puberty begins with increased GnRH pulsatility, then LH/FSH, then gonadal steroids. In girls, thelarche is usually first, then pubic hair, growth spurt, and menarche.
247 words, about 1 min06Disorders and Differences of Sex Development
Differences of sex development are classified by karyotype: 46,XX DSD, 46,XY DSD, and sex chromosome DSD. 46,XX DSD includes CAH, aromatase deficiency, and maternal androgens.
247 words, about 1 min07Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia
Type 1 diabetes is autoimmune beta-cell destruction with insulin deficiency; type 2 involves insulin resistance and relative deficiency, often with obesity and acanthosis nigricans. MODY is monogenic, non-insulin-dependent, and autosomal dominant.
223 words, about 1 min08Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Calcium and Phosphorus
PTH raises serum calcium, lowers phosphate, and activates vitamin D. Vitamin D increases intestinal calcium and phosphate absorption.
222 words, about 1 min09Obesity, Lipids, and Energy Metabolism
Use BMI percentile for age and sex; obesity is ≥95th percentile and overweight is 85th–94th. Assess blood pressure, fasting glucose or HbA1c, lipids, liver enzymes, and sleep symptoms.
238 words, about 1 min10Water and Sodium Metabolism; Endocrine Genetics and Neoplasia Syndromes
ADH concentrates urine via renal aquaporins. Central diabetes insipidus is ADH deficiency; nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is renal resistance.
191 words, under 1 min