Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The Swedish Pituitary Register (SPR) is a national quality register founded in 1991 by the Swedish Pituitary Group and it provides important data in the continuous quality assessment and improvement work within the Swedish health care system.The Swedish Pituitary Register Nursing Group (SPRNG) was formed by nurses at the University Hospitals, working with the register, in 2011.Purpose: To increase the coverage rate and ...

Background: The Swedish Pituitary Registry is a national quality registry founded in 1991 by the Swedish Pituitary Group.A total of 89 such national quality registries exist in Sweden (2011) that provide important data in the continuous quality assessment and improvement work within the Swedish health care system.In 2011, a nurse network was started for nurses working with the registry.Purpose: The purpose of...

Background: Subtle symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain and depression are commonly present for years in patients with pituitary adenoma (PA) before the diagnosis is made. A delayed diagnosis with risk of increased morbidity and mortality may be due to differences between patient-reported symptoms and symptoms reported in the patient’s medical record.Aim: To estimate diagnostic delay and investigate the concordance between patient-reported symptoms...