Table of contents (01/2017 - selection)

Editorial

DEGAM Benefits

• Congenital Toe Malformation – Simply „Wiped Out“ With the Stroke of a Pen

  Nash W, Walker R, Patel RS, Singh S. A simple alternative treatment for syndactyly of the toe. J Foot Ankle Surg 2016; 55: 1024–6 ...

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• Ventricular Tachykardia?

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• How to Delude Readers About Conflicting Interests

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• Oral Treatment of Syphilis

  Tanizaki R, Nishijima T, Aoki T. High-dose oral amoxicillin plus probenecid is highly effective for syphilis in patients with hiv infection. Clin Infect Dis 2015; 61:...

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Guideline

• German National Diabetes Guideline “Prevention and Treatment of Retinal Complications”

  Summary: An updated version of the German National Diabetes Guideline (NVL) “Prevention and Treatment of Retinal Complications” was published in 2015. The...

  Til Uebel

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Commentary / Opinion

• Comment on Chances and Limitations of the National Disease Management Guideline „Retinal Complications in Diabetes“

  Summary: As part of the new version of the German national disease management guideline on diabetic retinopathy the retinal screening interval employing funduscopy was...

  Günther Egidi

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Original Paper

• Acute Dizziness in Primary Care Offices – the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians’ New Guideline

  Summary: The new guideline on acute dizziness of the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (AWMF S3 guideline) which has been published in late...

  Ralf Michael Jendyk, Heinz-Harald Abholz

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Original Papers

• Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy versus Antidepressants: a Systematic Review

  Background: Depression is classified as the most socially onerous common illness in Germany, outranking even diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease. It is...

  Muzaffer Arkaç, Mohamed Elsheikh, Andreas Jähne

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• Refugees‘ Consultation Issues Compared with Routine Data from Primary Care

  Background: In 2015, more than one million refugees reached Germany. In order to ensure that adequate health care for refugees can be provided, a detailed description...

  Gunter Laux, Joachim Szecsenyi, Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Mathias Koehler

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• Sexually Transmitted Infections – an Issue for Family Practitioners?

  Background: Since the middle of the 1990s, sexually transmitted infections (STI) have been discussed increasingly as a global health problem in Europe (and worldwide)....

  Karen Voigt, Henna Riemenschneider, Antje Bergmann, Jeannine Schübel, Petra Spornraft-Ragaller

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Miscellaneous

Special Article

• Final Year Undergraduate Medical Education in Family Medicine – a Pilot Project in Rural Bavaria

  Summary: The Department of Family Medicine at the Technical University of Munich and the hospital of Dillingen have developed a common pilot project for final year...

  Antonius Schneider, Niklas Barth, Constanze Storr, Ulrike Bechtel, Pascal O. Berberat, Peter Landendörfer

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Letters to the Editor

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