ESPE Abstracts

Background: Neuroendocrine disorders after traumatic brain injury (TBI) are found in 30-70 % of adults after TBI as reported 2011 in a German study with 1242 patients. Consecutive hormonal dysfunction may markedly impair thyroid and adrenal gland functions, which may put patients at risk if it remains unrecognized. Unfortunately, in the German database no children were included. However, endocrine disorders after SHT are also found in children, as the internat...