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Common Endocrinology Conditions

A Pediatric Guide from Children’s Mercy Kansas City

To assist with patient diagnosis and referral, the Children’s Mercy Endocrinology team created recommendations for the following conditions.

Girls and adolescents with more than 3 months between periods or those that remain otherwise irregular 2 years after menarche, should be evaluated for underlying causes.

Learn when thyroid function tests should be ordered, which tests to order and when to refer a child with an abnormal TSH.

Evaluating height velocity and target height in order to determine when to refer a child for suspected growth failure.

Diagnosing and classifying obesity, assessing for etiology, identifying comorbidities and when to refer to Pediatric Endocrinology.