Table of contents (01/2015 - selection)

Editorial

Miscellaneous

DEGAM Benefits

• A Metronome in Your Medical Bag

  The use of metronomes to guide the rate at which external chest compressions are delivered is associated with improved rates closer to those recommended in the current...

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• Early Antiviral Treatment Cannot Prevent Postherpetic Neuralgia

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• Transient Global Amnesia – „First Check Everything Possible …“

  Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a transitory syndrome of memory loss, lasting less than 24 h. There are seven clear diagnostic criteria for TGA: 1) attacks must be...

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• A Sore Thumb

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• Mnemonics

  Validated “students’ 5Fs” mnemonic retains a role in clinical diagnosis of patients suspected of cholelithiasis. However, the factor “familial” should be substituted...

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EBM

• Burning Mouth Syndrome

  QuestionHow can a burning mouth syndrome/glossodynia be treated when the tongue shows no changes and no cause can be identified?AnswerBurning mouth syndrome...

  Bozen, Anna Vögele

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• INR-Controlling of OAK

  QuestionHow long can be the intervals of INR-controlling in patients who are taking coumarines for oral anticoagulation therapy (OAK) and are stable in the wished...

  Bozen, Heinz Harald Abholz

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Review

• Chlorthalidone Versus Hydrochlorothiazide for Treatment of Primary Arterial Hypertension

  Summary: In a pragmatic literature research regarding the two diuretic substances hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) and chlorthalidone (CTDN) we looked into head-to-head...

  Andreas Sönnichsen, Michael M. Kochen, Christina Sommerauer

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• Differences and Similarities of Primary Care in the German and Spanish Health Care Systems

  Summary: An efficient primary care is of particular importance for any countries’ health care system. Many differences exist on how distinctive countries try to obtain...

  Jörg Schelling, Sibylla Krane, Maria Rosa Salvador Comino, Víctor Regife García

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Special Article

• Hesse-Wide Vocational Training Courses of Lectures for Doctors Undergoing Specialist Training in Family Medicine

  Summary: As a result of the growing shortage of family doctors, a variety of approaches in Germany should improve the quality of specialist training in family medicine...

  Monika Sennekamp, Ferdinand Michael Gerlach, Erika Baum, Susanne Sommer, Marischa Broermann, Armin Wunder

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• Neue Wege in der ambulanten Demenzversorgung – ein Fallbeispiel

  Dementia Care Management

  Going New Ways in Ambulant Dementia Care – a Case StudySummary: DelpHi-MV (Dementia: life- and person-centered help in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) is a family...

  Tilly Eichler, Jochen René Thyrian, Adina Dreier, Bernhard Michalowsky, Diana Wucherer, Stefan Teipel, Wolfgang Hoffmann

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• Neonaticides and Prevention Strategies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

  Summary: The efficacy of “baby hatches” and “anonymous delivery” in preventing neonatal homicide (neonaticides) has been the object of controversial debate not only in...

  Paula Krüger

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Case Report

• Knights in Shining Armor? – Students’ Reflection upon the Role as a Family Practitioner

  Background: Family practice as a clinical elective is gaining popularity. Students spend 16 weeks in an academic teaching practice and attend regular lectures in the...

  Anne Simmenroth-Nayda

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DEGAM-News

Book Reviews

Letters to the Editor