Thromboembolic disease in females and males aged 10 to 39 years in Germany.

Background: We analysed differences in hospitalization rates for venous diseases such as pulmonary embolism (PE), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), sinus vein thrombosis (SVT), portal vein thrombosis (PVT), and Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) as well as for arterial diseases such as myocardial infarction (MI) and embolic stroke (ES) in females and males aged 10 to 39 years.

Patients And Methods: Detailed lists of hospitalizations with the principal and additional diagnoses for PE (ICD-code I26.0 + I26.

Prevalence and economic burden of pulmonary embolism in Germany.

The prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE), PE mortality and treatment-associated costs for the years 2000 to 2006 were analysed using a statutory health insurance sample of AOK Hesse/KV Hesse, which contained information for an 18.75% random sample of 1.9 million persons insured with the AOK Hesse.

Pulmonary embolism in young males and females in Germany: data from the Federal Statistical Office.

With the introduction of diagnosis-related groups (DRG) for reimbursement in 2003, detailed description of the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients in Germany was possible for the first time. Thus, we analysed the incidence of pulmonary embolism in hospitalized young people and looked for a sex-specific difference in comorbidity. Detailed lists of all pulmonary embolism coded as I26 in hospitalized patients aged 10-40 years in 2005, 2006 and 2007 were provided by the Federal Statistical Office.