Factors underlying a disproportionate increase in hospital admissions for adrenal insufficiency in women aged 20-29 years

Factors underlying a disproportionate increase in hospital admissions for adrenal insufficiency in women aged 20-29 years

Since the year 2000, admissions for adrenal insufficiency (AI) and adrenal crises (AC) have shown a particular increase in young adult females. We examined data on acute non-surgical hospitalisations for AI/AC from New South Wales, Australia, to determine relevant factors that may have contributed t...

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Main Authors: Rosemary Louise Rushworth, Henrik Falhammar, David J. Torpy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
adrenal insufficiency
adrenal crisis
psychosocial
risk factor
emerging adult
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1252577/full

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