Hypopituitarism: A Sequela of Severe Hypoxic Encephalopathy
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006 Central diabetes insipidus (DI) is an established phenomenon after hypoxic encephalopathy or brain death, but hypopituitarism is seldom described. This study investigated the characteristics of 11 patients with DI and hypopituitarism which developed ...
Deng-Huang Su
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Neurology and Therapy, 2023 Introduction Individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are at a high risk of hypopituitarism, and should benefit from early diagnosis and management.
Shigeyuki Tahara +2 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018 Background Metastasis to the pituitary gland is an infrequent clinical problem, and the symptoms caused by metastases have been reported in only 2.5–18.2% of the cases.
Ryohei Ono +5 more
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Development and validation of a new questionnaire assessing quality of life in adults with hypopituitarism: Adult Hypopituitarism Questionnaire (AHQ). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate the Adult Hypopituitarism Questionnaire (AHQ) as a disease-specific, self-administered questionnaire for evaluation of quality of life (QOL) in adult patients with hypopituitarism.
Hitoshi Ishii +10 more
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Growth hormone deficiency during young adulthood and the benefits of growth hormone replacement [PDF]
, 2016 Until quite recently, the management of children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) had focussed on the use of recombinant human GH (rhGH) therapy to normalise final adult height.
Ahmed, S.F. +3 more
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Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2012 The presence of subclinical or minor pituitary hormone deficiencies could be recognised in clinical practice and might represent intermediate situations among normal pituitary hormone secretion and clinical hypopituitarism. However, this entity has not been correctly identified and associated clinical impairment and even more, long-term consequences ...
Fernández Rodríguez, Eva +3 more
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Effects of human recombinant growth hormone on exercise capacity, cardiac structure, and cardiac function in patients with adult-onset growth hormone deficiency [PDF]
, 2017 Objective Epidemiological studies suggest that adult-onset growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) might increase the risk of death from cardiovascular causes. Methods This was a 6-month double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, cross-over trial followed by
Atkin, S. L. +11 more
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Glycometabolic Alterations in Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency: Does Replacement Therapy Play a Role? [PDF]
, 2018 Secondary adrenal insufficiency (SAI) is a potentially life-threatening endocrine disorder due to an impairment of corticotropin (ACTH) secretion from any process affecting the hypothalamus or pituitary gland.
Gianfrilli, Daniele +5 more
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Homozygous CDH2 variant may be associated with hypopituitarism without neurological disorders
Endocrine Connections, 2023 Context: Congenital hypopituitarism is a genetically heterogeneous cond ition. Whole exome sequencing (WES) is a promising approach for molecular di agnosis of patients with this condition.
Nathalia G B P Ferreira +19 more
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Non-functioning pituitary adenoma underwent surgery: a multicenter retrospective study over the last four decades (1977–2015) [PDF]
, 2017 [Abstract] Objective. To assess clinical features, diagnostic procedures, therapies and outcomes in patients with clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) surgically treated over the last four decades. Design and methods.
Arcano, Karina +6 more
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