QuestionDoctors prescribe ever more proton pump inhibitors (PPI) for gastric protection when nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or inhibitors of platelet...
What to do in Case of an Initial Failure of Helicobacter Pylori Eradication?
QuestionAre there any recommendations for the management of HP (helicobacter pylori) positive patients after initial treatment failure?AnswerThere are a number of...
QuestionIs the clinical follow up by the family doctor of patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis sufficient, or should the patients be monitored with regular specialist...
Screening for Glaucoma by Ophtalmologists: Patients Still Must Pay for Unproven Procedures
Germany‘s National Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare counters statements by ophtalmologist who still pretend that glaucoma screening is an...
Acute Kidney Injury: Increasing Risk Also in Elective Surgery
The use of acute dialysis after cardiac and vascular surgery has increased substantially since 1995. Studies focusing on interventions to better prevent and treat...
Listen Up: „Most Recent Projections“ of the European Society of Neurology as to Frequency and Cost of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Europe
The European Society of Neurology calculates that 81 million Europeans (i.e. 16 % of the whole population) suffer from neuropsychiatric diseases. This projection could...
Usher Syndrome is an inherited disease with deafness and blindness, known since its first description in 1914. The German Usher support group has arranged receiving a...
How to Assess the Practical Training Courses in Family Practice?
Methods and Topics of Evaluation Background: Practical training in family practice, the so called Blockpraktikum (BP), is integral part of German undergraduate...
Combining Clinical Training and Research in Family Medicine
Background: The academic development of family medicine plays an important role for its professionalisation in Germany. An important aspect of development is the...
A Concept Developed in a Teaching practiceBackground: Primary care medicine is complex because patients often have more than one disease, one medication and one...
Warum es Hospizen nicht gestattet sein sollte, betriebswirtschaftlich zu arbeiten
Iles of Humanity
Why Hospices Should Not Be Permitted to Operate EconomicallySummary: Cost control and economic efficiency are gaining importance in the field of healthcare...
A Foreign Body in the Bile Duct – an Uncommon Cause of Abdominal Pain
Background: The frequency of abdominal pain in family medicine is regularly reported in the scientific literature. Numerous and different causes are mentioned. Here we...
Background: Patients with penile pain can be a challenge for family practitioners.Case Report: After consulting his family doctor a 41-year old patient was referred...
