Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenal crises are potentially life-threatening complications in patients with adrenal insufficiency (AI). Our objective was to investigate the frequency of adrenal crises in patients with different forms of AI in the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), one of the largest German Health Insurance providers, covering more than 12% of the German population.Design: The Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) database of the TK was analysed for diagnostic cod...

Introduction: Adrenal crisis is a potentially life-threatening complication in primary adrenal failure. Our objective was to investigate the frequency of adrenal crises in patients with autoimmune Addison’s disease (AD) in the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), one of the largest German Health Insurance providers, that covers more than 10% of the German population.Design: The Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) database of the TK was analysed for diagnostic ...

There are no epidemiological data of Addison’s disease in Germany. Since there is no national registry for this rare disease alternative data sources need to be retrieved. The Technikerkrankenkasse (TK) is one of the large German health care insurance providers covering nearly 10% of the population. Documentation of diagnoses by all members with a doctor contact is evaluated by a scientific institute (WINEG). Screening of the database for Addison’s disease was design...