PMID- 19760375
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101026
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1573-742X (Electronic)
IS  - 0929-5305 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 3
DP  - 2010 Apr
TI  - Incidence rate of pulmonary embolism in Germany: data from the federal 
      statistical office.
PG  - 349-53
LID - 10.1007/s11239-009-0396-1 [doi]
AB  - With the introduction of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) for reimbursement in 2003 
      detailed description of the prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in hospitalized 
      patients in Germany was possible for the first time. Thus we estimated the 
      incidence rate of PE in Germany. Detailed lists of all PE coded as I26 performed 
      in 2005, 2006 and 2007 were provided by the Federal Statistical Office. In 
      addition age- and gender-adjusted incidence rates were calculated for all cases 
      for which PEs were coded. In 2005 a total of 67,351, in 2006 a total of 69,234 
      and in 2007 a total of 71,223 PEs (I26.0) were coded either as principal or 
      secondary diagnosis in German hospitals. 54-57% of all PEs were coded as 
      principal diagnosis. Age- and gender adjusted incidence of PEs raised with 
      increasing ages and were higher in males aged 30-49 and 50-69 years than in 
      females within the same age groups. Up to 60% of all PE documented in females 
      occurred within the 8th and 9th decade of life. Departments of Geriatric 
      Medicine, Haematology and Oncology and Pneumology had the highest rates of 
      intrahospital PEs documented as secondary diagnosis. The presented data are 
      derived from the most reliable data base for the estimation of PE in Germany, and 
      the analysis shows that PE is still a relevant problem. They do not give any 
      information about the individual settings and preventability of PEs. An 
      accompanying analysis of hospital and pre-hospital settings is mandatory to 
      recognize possible strategies to prevent PEs more effectively.
FAU - Kroger, K
AU  - Kroger K
AD  - Department of Angiology, Klinik fur Angiologie, HELIOS Klinikum Krefeld, 
      Lutherplatz 40, 47805, Krefeld, Germany. knut.kroeger@helios-kliniken.de
FAU - Moerchel, Ch
AU  - Moerchel Ch
FAU - Moysidis, Th
AU  - Moysidis T
FAU - Santosa, F
AU  - Santosa F
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Thromb Thrombolysis
JT  - Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis
JID - 9502018
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Child
MH  - Databases, Factual/*statistics & numerical data/*trends
MH  - *Federal Government
MH  - Female
MH  - Germany/epidemiology
MH  - Hospitals/statistics & numerical data/trends
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pulmonary Embolism/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2009/09/18 06:00
MHDA- 2010/10/27 06:00
CRDT- 2009/09/18 06:00
PHST- 2009/09/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/09/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/10/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s11239-009-0396-1 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2010 Apr;29(3):349-53. doi: 10.1007/s11239-009-0396-1.