“Children & Teenagers Are Not Miniature Adults”
Bring Your Child To The Right Expert
Paediatric and Adolescent
Endocrinology Department at Artemis is proud to be among the few specialized departments
all around Delhi NCR meant specifically for catering to the Endocrinological
needs of children, teenagers and young adults.
The Department brings excellence in the
care of children, teenagers and youth with hormonal disorders. We provide
cutting -edge technology and advancements in hormonal disorders and deliver our
services with utmost compassion because we understand having a chronic disease takes
its toll on children as well as their parents.
The department works in close
collaboration with Diabetic Educators and Dietitians along with other Paediatric
sub-specialities like Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Gastroenterology, Paediatric
Orthopaedics, Geneticist, Paediatric Surgery, Neurosurgery, Nephrology and
others. It is backed by 24/7 support of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) services under the expertise of experienced
and well-known intensivists.
Specialized
Clinics For Children And Adolescents Include:
Puberty Clinic
Height
Clinic
Weight
management Clinic
Diabetes
Clinic
Know
When To Seek Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinologist Opinion:
- Short Stature (Unable
to gain height) or Tall Stature (gaining height too fast)
- Puberty disorders - Early
(ANY signs before 8 years for girls and 9 years for boys) or late puberty (NO
signs after 13 years for girls or 14 years for boys)
- Irregular Periods or
Absence of Menstruation
-
Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Weight management
including management of metabolic syndrome or poor weight gain
- Thyroid disorders - high or low thyroid problems in children
- High blood sugar or
Diabetes Mellitus - type 1 or type 2
Diabetes mellitus
- Management
of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus using up to date technology like insulin pumps
and continuous glucose monitoring
- Low blood sugar in
infants and children
- Genitalia not properly
formed (Disorders of Sex development)
- Diagnosis of hormonal
deficiencies in Pituitary disorders
- Adrenal disorders
- Bone mineral defects -
vitamin D deficiency/rickets
Specialized Procedures:
ACTH stimulation test:
It is a specialized test conducted if you have deficiency of stress hormone
called cortisol.
Leuprolide stimulation test:
This test is meant for use in diagnosing the source of hormones in early
puberty.
Growth Hormone Stimulation test:
This is a specialized test to diagnose deficiency in growth hormone that maybe
the reason behind your child’s short stature.
Growth Hormone Suppression Test:
This test is meant for diagnosing excess growth hormone release which could be
due to an underlying tumor.
HCG Stimulation test:
This is a specialized test used in conditions where the male hormone
testosterone is not being released properly.
Department Accolades:
The department has flourished under
the expertise of Dr. Sumeet Arora and varied rare Endocrine conditions have
been successfully diagnosed and managed like adrenal tumors,
craniopharyngeomas, growth hormone deficiency due to pituitary aplasia, calcium
sensing receptor mutations and more.
Research Publications:
Published in Reputed Clinical Obesity
Arora et.al “Kidney function in minority
children and adolescents with metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity”
https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12345