With thanks to the national societies who provided translations for these materials.
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - English
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Armenian
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Bosnian
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Finnish
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - French
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - German
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Hungarian
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Italian
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Lithuanian
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Norwegian
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Portuguese
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Romanian
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Russian
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Slovenian
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Spanish
ESE Hypoparathyroidism Emergency Card - Ukrainian
Ordering Emergency Cards for Adult Patients with Hypoparathyroidism
The development and distribution of ESE hypoparathyroidism emergency cards is kindly supported by Takeda.
Thanks to a grant from Takeda, ESE are able to offer printed emergency cards to 15 national societies up to a maximum of 2000 cards per society.
The Hypoparathyroidism emergency card will follow a similar template to previous cards produced by ESE. The card will have information in English on one side, with text in the national language on the other. The content for the non-English side needs to be provided by the relevant national society. The card is 54 x 85mm and has a plastic cover. To emphasise that ESE stands behind the card 'European Society of Endocrinology' is printed at the bottom of the international side.
Please use the form below to order the cards.
Background – Assessing the need for an Emergency Card
A study was undertaken to assess the need for an emergency card in hypoparathyroidism, initially published in November 2018 and reviewed in April 2019:
Is there a need for an emergency card in hypoparathyroidism? M.C.Astor, W. Zhu, S. Björnsdottir, J. Bollerslev, O. Kämpe, E.S. Husebye JIM, Vol 285, p 429-435 (April 2019)
This study encompassed a postal survey amongst Norwegian and Swedish patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism of all causes. Altogether 455 invitations were sent (333 from Norway and 122 from Sweden).
The results overwhelmingly showed that an emergency card would be of great benefit. 74% of patients responded (253 from Norway and 83 from Sweden). Overall, 44% and 16% had been hospitalized at least once for hypo‐ or hypercalcemia, respectively. 87% felt that an emergency card would be highly needed or useful. Amongst those hospitalized for hypocalcemia, 95% felt a card was needed compared to 90% amongst those hospitalized for hypercalcemia.
ESE conducted a needs assessment to understand how many European countries would value an emergency card for hypoparathyroidism and the approximate number of cards they would anticipate. A survey around the perceived need for an emergency card and the potential interest was distributed to all the National Societies, members of the ESE Council of Affiliated Societies (ECAS) with ESE. The initial results of this survey were very promising.
Of all the respondents 93% said they would be interested in implementing a standardised European emergency card for hypoparathyroidism in their country.
01/12/2022
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