Table of contents (03/2014 - selection)

Editorial

DEGAM Benefits

• Eruptive Xanthomas

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• Frostbites

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• A Green Nail

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• Meniscal Tear and Knee Osteoarthritis: Surgical Treatment?

  In a controlled trial 351 symptomatic patients 45 years of age or older with a meniscal tear and evidence of mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis were randomly assigned...

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• What You Can Offer Your Obese Patients To Lose Weight: Drinking Water

  Drinking 500 ml of water 30 minutes before each meal can be used in conjunction with a hypocaloric diet to lead to greater weight loss in overweight or obese...

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• Uric Acid and Cardiovascular Diseases – No Association

  Although there is no strong evidence for causal associations between uric acid and ischaemic heart disease or blood pressure, evidence supports a causal effect between...

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• Cough Attacks After Respiratory Virus Infections: What Can be Done?

  There is insufficient scientific evidence to recommend the routine use of inhaled corticosteroids for acute RTI in adults. However, some trials have shown benefits,...

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Guideline

• Neue-S1 Handlungsempfehlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin (DEGAM)

  Chronic Pain

  New S1-Guidelines Published by the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM) ...

  Annette Becker, Peter Engeser, Michael Becker

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• Neue S1-Handlungsempfehlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin (DEGAM)

  Acute Diarrhoea – Epidemiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Suggestions

  New S1-Guidelines Published by the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM) ...

  Katharina Gerlach, Martin Sander

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• Neue S1-Handlungsempfehlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin (DEGAM)

  Medical Care at the End of Life – Focus on Legal Aspects

  New S1-Guidelines Published by the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM) ...

  Albrecht Stein

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Original Papers

• A Pilot Study with a Standardized Speech Test for Detecting Hearing Impairment in Adults

  Background: Presbyacusis is a common disease of elderly people, which may lead to social isolation. To prevent this course, family practitioners seem to be best suited....

  Fritz Meyer

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EBM

Special Article

• Regarding the Relevance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in Family Practice

  Summary: From the early 1990s it has become more accepted in Germany, that traumatic experiences play a very important role in the genesis of psychological, psychiatric...

  Markus Herrmann, Olaf Reddemann, Verena Leve, Christiane Eichenberg

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• Grundlagen und Entscheidungshilfen zu Arzneimittelstudien in der Allgemeinmedizin

  Family Doctor and Trial Investigator?

  Basics and Decision Aids for Drug Trials in Family PracticeSummary: Clinical drug trials are rarely performed in German family medicine. Thus, little is known about...

  Guido Schmiemann, Eva Hummers-Pradier, Jutta Bleidorn, Ildikó Gágyor

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DEGAM-News

Congress

Miscellaneous

Letters to the Editor