Table 2 Summary of studies assessing frequency of pituitary deficiency after SAH
From: Hypopituitarism after subarachnoid haemorrhage, do we know enough?
Study | Time after SAH (months) | Patients n | GH% | ACTH% | TSH% | LH/FSH% | Testosterone% | Multiple% | Total% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aimaretti et al. [37] | 3 | 40 | 25 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 12.5 | * | 10 | 37.5 |
Brandt et al. [33] | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Dimopoulou et al. [17] | 12-24 | 30 | 37 | 10** | 7*** | 13 | * | 13 | 47 |
Kreitschmann-Andermahr et al. [35] | 12-66 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 55 |
Aimaretti et al. [32] | 12 | 32 | 21.8 | 6.25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 37.5 |
Kreitschmann-Andermahr et al. [36] | 3-24 | 45 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
Jovanovic et al. [34] | 12-120 | 93 | 29 | 22 | 2.5 | 7.5 | * | 7.5 | 49.5 |
Lammert et al. [38] | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Tanriverdi et al. [39] | 12 | 22 | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 |
Klose et al. [40] | 12-24 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gardner et al. [41] | 12 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Dutta et al. [47] | 6 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 31.6 |
Kronvall et al. [44] | 3-6 | 45 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 4 | * | NR | 27 |
Khursheed et al. [43] | 9 | 73 | NR | NR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Karaca et al. [45] | 36 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Blijdorp et al. [42] | 6 | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 | * | 7 | 30 |