Endocrine Abstracts

Recent data suggest that hypopituitarism is a common complication of TBI. Prevalence differs between 10–40% and is based on different diagnostic tests and criteria. Hence, under field conditions TBI-mediated hypopituitarism may be less frequent than previously thought. We determined the prevalence of anterior pituitary dysfunction in a multi-centre screening program across five German endocrine centres in patients rehabilitating from TBI (GCS<13).<p class="abstext...