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Metabolic Syndrome, Pediatric

Reviewed 10/2018
 


BASICS

DESCRIPTION

  • A systemic disorder of energy regulation associated with ectopic fat deposition, immune activation, insulin resistance, and increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2...

DIAGNOSIS

HISTORY

  • Prenatal stress

    • Small or large for gestational age

    • Maternal gestational diabetes or eclampsia

    • Maternal or pregnancy-related overweight

  • History of accelerated weight gain

    • Age at which weigh...

TREATMENT

GENERAL MEASURES

Comprehensive behavioral modification through both improved diet and increased physical activity is the 1st-line treatment for metabolic syndrome. It decreases body weight, i...

ONGOING CARE

FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS

Patient Monitoring

  • Ongoing weight management

  • Children ≥10 years of age with BMI from 85th to 94th percentile: Check lipid profile at least every 2 years until norma...

ADDITIONAL READING

  • Bremer AA, Mietus-Snyder M, Lustig RH. Toward a unifying hypothesis of metabolic syndrome. Pediatrics.  2012;129(3):557–570. [View Abstract on OvidInsights]

  • D’Adamo E, Santoro N...

CODES

ICD9

277.7 Dysmetabolic syndrome X 

ICD10

  • E88.81 Metabolic Syndrome

SNOMED

237602007 metabolic syndrome X (disorder) 

FAQ

  • Q: Why is it important to diagnose metabolic syndrome?

  • A: Although obesity increases metabolic risk, not everyone who is obese develops complications; those at the greatest cardiometabolic risk nee...

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