early-onset
The English term early-onset is used in medicine to describe diseases that occur in patients at a particularly early point in time. For example, one speaks of early-onset Alzheimer's dementia when it affects a comparatively young patient.
definition
There is no standard definition for the term early-onset . The period of time when an early-onset is spoken of varies greatly from illness to illness. In the case of sepsis , for example, the onset of the disease within the first seven days of life is called early-onset sepsis . In contrast, one speaks of early-onset Alzheimer's dementia in the case of illnesses before the age of 60 or 65. In general, however, it can be said that there is an early-onset if the disease occurs at a significantly earlier point in time than is generally the case. The point in time is usually the age , but also the length of stay in hospital , as in the case of nosocominal pneumonia (early-onset pneumonia, EOP).
Genetic predispositions play a major role in many early-onset diseases . For example, BRCA1 in breast cancer .
The opposite of early-onset diseases are late-onset diseases (“ late onset ”).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berner R, Invasive infections caused by group B streptococci , in ESPED annual report 2001 (PDF; 611 kB)
- ↑ Finckh U, Genetic Factors in Alzheimer's Dementia - The role of genetics in Alzheimer's disease , in Deutsches Ärzteblatt , 103/2006, pp. A-1010 / B-856 / C-826
- ^ World Health Organization, (1999), Pocket Guide to the ICD-10 Classification of Mental Disorders, 1st edition, Verlag Hans Huber, Bern.
- ↑ Frank N, Changes in serum lipid values in Alzheimer's dementia with consideration of APO E genotype and gender , dissertation, Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg i. Br., 2003
- ↑ Sheet I, Does Cuff Pressure Control Reduce the Incidence of Nosocomial Pneumonia? A prospective study , dissertation, University of Hamburg, 2001