Group Medical Visits – a Novel Model of Care in the Family Physician’s Office?
Background: Family physicians in Germany are faced with an ever increasing number of patients with chronic diseases. Consequently, the qualitative and quantitative...
Evaluation of a Community-Nurse-Project in a Small Rural Village
Background: Against the background of limited resources of health care in rural regions, a community-nurse-project was initiated in spring 2012 in a village in central...
Pharmacovigilance – a Subject for the Family Practitioner!
Summary: All active ingredients can also cause adverse events . As clinical trials are performed on a relatively small and strictly selected group of subjects, adverse...
Low-Dose Colchizine in Secondary Prophylaxis of Cardiovascular Diseases
Colchicine 0.5 mg/day administered in addition to statins and other standard secondary prevention therapies appeared effective for the prevention of cardiovascular...
Despite No Relevant Differences in Efficacy: 17 % of Danish Family Physicians Prefer Escitalopram Over Citalopram as First Antidepressive Medication
In Denmark, the most expensive SSRI, escitalopram, is prescribed as first choice to one in five patients receiving their first antidepressant of escitalopram,...
Differential Diagnostic Considerations of Anaemias
Summary: Anaemia is a widespread disease, not only in developing nations but also in industrial countries. For family practitioners it is essential to know the most...
Mondor’s Disease: Update – Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pathways for Superficial Vein Thrombosis
Summary: Venous thrombosis is a common reason for medical consultations in family medicine. This article describes the case of a man in his twenties, presenting an...
Bericht von einer Teilnahme am Hippokrates-Austauschprogramm
Family Medicine in Denmark
A Hippokrates Exchange ReportBackground: Since 2000, the Hippokrates Exchange Programme of the Vasco da Gama Movement, junior organization of the World Organisation...
