Table of contents (10/2018 - selection)

• Total Joint Replacements for Hip and Knee: Implant Survival Analysis

  Michael M. Kochen

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• Long-Haul Flights: Compression Stockings Can Prevent Deep Leg Vein Thrombosis

  Michael M. Kochen

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• Phlegmasia cerulea dolens

  Michael M. Kochen

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• Topical Prevention of Lyme Disease – Sponsored Nonsense

  Michael M. Kochen

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• Monozygotic Twins – Disease-Induced End of Identical Appearance

  Michael M. Kochen

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• „Fatty Liver Disease in Organs Transplanted in China” – a Publication Scandal

  Michael M. Kochen

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• Do Family Physicians in Germany Treat Children and Adolescents?

  Background: In Germany, pediatricians and family physicians both care for children and adolescents. With increasing age, the proportion of children and adolescents...

  Wolfram J. Herrmann, Adrian Berlt, Victoria Spengler, Rebecca Loos, Christoph Heintze, Felix Holzinger

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• Patients with Polypharmacy: Ambulatory Challenges and Solutions

  Background: Polypharmacy is associated with specific risks which could be avoided by the use of medication reviews. The aim of this study was to identify difficulties...

  Beate S. Müller, Mirella C. Uhl, Truc S. Nguyen, Goentje-Gesine Schoch, Ferdinand M. Gerlach, Christiane Muth

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• Visualizing Cooperation Using the Pictor Technique

  Summary: Providing health care to persons with chronic diseases is complex and necessitates cooperation between many service providers. Taking family physicians’ views...

  Karola Mergenthal, Corina Güthlin

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• Mapping of Competency-Based Learning Objectives of the Curriculum Family Medicine at the Hannover Medical School

  Background: Since 2015, the National Competence Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education (NKLM) provides guidance for all medical...

  Kambiz Afshar, Jutta Bleidorn, Konstantin Büttner, Nils Schneider, Sandra Steffens

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• Success Criteria for Evaluating the Mentoring Program within the Competence Center for Continuing Education in Family Medicine

  Summary: The aims of the nationwide supported Competence Centers for Continuing Education in Family Medicine (CC) are to promote young family physicians and to reduce...

  Marion Eisele, Hendrik van den Bussche, Thomas Kloppe, Marischa Broermann, Anne Messemaker, Jan Hendrik Oltrogge, Maren Ehrhardt, Martin Scherer

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• Stroke-Aftercare: an Exploratory Study of Counseling by “Stroke Mentors”

  Background: A standardised stroke aftercare concept does not exist in Germany. Studies on voluntary care concepts are lacking. The aim of this study was to explore the...

  Nils Ingvar Hansen, Janine Becker, Hendrik van den Bussche, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz

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