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Prevalence of anterior pituitary insufficiency 3 and 12 months after traumatic brain injury

Wed 01 Feb 2006

Schneider, HJ., Schneider, M., Saller, B., Petersenn, S., Uhr, M., Huemann, B., et al

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Cross-sectional studies report a high prevalence of hypopituitarism after traumatic brain injury (TBI); however, no longitudinal studies on time of manifestation and reversibility exist. This study was conducted to assess hypopituitarism 3 and 12 months after TBI. DESIGN: This was a prospective, longitudinal, diagnostic study. METHODS: Seventy-eight patients (52 men, 26 women, mean age 36.0 years) with TBI grades I-III and 38 healthy subjects (25 men, 13 women, mean age 36.4 years) as a control group for the GHRH + arginine test were studied. The prevalence of hypopituitarism was assessed 3 and 12 months after TBI by GHRH + arginine test, short adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) test, and basal hormone measurements in patients. RESULTS: After 3 months, 56% of all patients had impairments of at least one pituitary axis with axes being affected as follows: gonadotropic 32%, corticotropic 19%, somatotropic 9% and thyrotropic 8%. After 12 months, fewer patients were affected, but in some cases new impairments occurred; 36% still had impairments. The axes were affected as follows after 12 months: gonadotropic 21%, somatotropic 10%, corticotropic 9% and thyrotropic 3%. CONCLUSIONS: Hypopituitarism occurs often in the post-acute phase after TBI and may normalize later, but may also develop after the post-acute phase of TBI.


Reference

Schneider, HJ., Schneider, M., Saller, B., Petersenn, S., Uhr, M., Huemann, B., et al (2006) Prevalence of anterior pituitary insufficiency 3 and 12 months after traumatic brain injury. Eur J Endocrinol 154(2): 259-265.

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