PC PAL support for growth specialists at the Pediatric Endocrine Society congress, 2023

PC PAL’s long-standing cooperation with the pediatric endocrinology community continues at this week’s annual meeting of the Pediatric Endocrine Society, in San Diego (5 – 8 May). We welcome delegates to discuss our exhibition to see the latest features within the growth monitoring application, Growth XP. Also available at the exhibit, our scientific newsletter provides…

PC PAL presenting new child growth software at the PAS congress, 2023

PC PAL is delighted to support this year’s annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Washington (27 April – 1 May). Please visit our exhibition booth for a friendly and informative discussion on the state-of-the-art of growth charting. At our exhibit booth delegates can see the leading growth charting applications, GrowthXP and GrowthXP Prenatal….

KIGS – The Final Report

Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) was introduced in 1985, replacing the previous, pituitary-derived option in many countries when the risk of contamination with the CJD prion was identified. At that time, specialists desired a patient registry to assess the safety and efficacy of the new treatment provided to patients in Europe and many other parts…

Body Mass Index (BMI) – New CDC extended charts for children and adolescents available with GrowthXP

The CDC has released new BMI charts for 2-18-year-olds, which provide curves above the 97th percentile (98th, 99th, 99.9th and 99.99th). These charts address a weakness of the earlier versions: for most obese individuals they suffered from data weakness above 97th percentile, relying on data extrapolation rather than real data. The new charts are based…