Patients with pyoderma gangrenosum - analyses of the German DRG data from 2012.

Pyoderma gangrenosum ( PG) is a rarely diagnosed non-infectious neutrophil ulcerative dermatosis with only limited knowledge on the underlying auto-inflammatory process. To unravel common cofactors and comorbidities in patients with PG we analysed Diagnosis Related Groups ( DRG) cases of all inpatie...

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Published in:International Wound Journal Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 951 - 957
Main Authors: Jockenhöfer, Finja, Klode, Joachim, Kröger, Knut, Roesch, Alexander, Al Ghazal, Philipp, Dissemond, Joachim
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2016
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          Jockenhöfer, Finja
          Klode, Joachim
          Kröger, Knut
          Roesch, Alexander
          Al Ghazal, Philipp
          Dissemond, Joachim
        affil: Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University Hospital of Medicine, Essen Germany
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          Pyoderma Gangrenosum
          Diagnosis-Related Groups
          Crohn Disease
          Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
          Colitis, Ulcerative
          Germany
          Prospective Studies
          Female
          Data Analysis
          Case Studies
          Male
          Inpatients
          Female
          Male
      ab: Pyoderma gangrenosum ( PG) is a rarely diagnosed non-infectious neutrophil ulcerative dermatosis with only limited knowledge on the underlying auto-inflammatory process. To unravel common cofactors and comorbidities in patients with PG we analysed Diagnosis Related Groups ( DRG) cases of all inpatients diagnosed with PG in German hospitals in 2012. We received data of 1227 inpatient cases having PG as primary diagnosis and 985 inpatient cases with PG as secondary diagnosis. The ratio of women to men was 2:1, and the most often registered age was 75-79 years. Common comorbidities were arterial hypertension (50·3%), non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (25·1%) and dysfunction of lipid metabolism (10·8%). In sum, 94·8% of the patients suffered from aspects of metabolic syndrome. Other comorbidities were Crohn's disease (4·5%), ulcerative colitis (4·2%), chronic polyarthritis (5·2%), monoclonal gammopathy or myelodysplastic syndrome (2·5%), leukaemia (1·1%) and lymphoma (0·4%). DRG data do not reflect individual patients, but rather patient cases. We described the worldwide largest PG population and confirmed a wide range of potentially relevant and partly not yet described cofactors and comorbidities such as metabolic syndrome.
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