Table of contents (04/2017 - selection)

Editorial

DEGAM Benefits

• Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty in Osteoporotic Spine Fractures: an Intervention Free of Conflicts of Interest?

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• Patients With STEMI: Oxygen Administration as Routine Measure?

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• Lyme Disease: “Alternative Therapies” and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS)

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• Drinking Water in Obesity: Effective, Free of Charge and Easy to Implement?

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Original Paper

• Vorstellung der neuen DEGAM-Leitlinie (S2k)

  Management of Elevated TSH Levels in Adult Patients in Primary Care

  Introduction of the New Guideline (S2k) of the German College of General Practitioners and Family physicians (DEGAM)Background: Laboratory tests of the...

  Antje Bergmann, Jeannine Schübel, Klaus-Heinrich Brüdel

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Original Papers

• What Patients Do While Receiving a 24 Hours Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

  Background: Patients are often asked to complete a protocol-sheet during the period of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). This study analyzes a few ten...

  Detmar Jobst, Philine Olbrich

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• One-Year Course of Patients with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes

  Background: Patients with poorly controlled diabetes (HbA1c 9) were studied for the years 2013 til 2015 in a retrospective documentation-study published in ZFA. One...

  Heinz Harald Abholz, Günther Egidi

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• Health Care Utilization by Patients With a History of Myocardial Infarction in Germany

  Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Germany. However, the lethality of acute myocardial infarction is decreasing. Hence, there is a...

  Wolfram J. Herrmann, Raven Ulrich

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• Family Practitioners’ Needs for Information and Training Regarding Complementary and Alternative Treatment Options for Cancer Patients

  Background: Patients with cancer often require advice on complementary medicine (CM) from their family practitioners, and family practitioners feel responsible for...

  Gudrun Klein

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• User Behavior on the KOLEGEA Web 2.0 Platform for Postgraduate Training in Family Medicine

  Background: From 2011 to 2014, the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and its project partners developed KOLEGEA, the first German online platform to support...

  Lorena Dini, Claire Galanski, Isabel Micheel, Gudrun Bayer, Jasminko Novak, Christoph Heintze

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• Experiences with Workplace-Based Assessment in the Block Internship Training in Family Medicine

  Background: According to the Medical Licensure Act, students have to receive grades for undergraduate internship training in family medicine as well as for all other...

  Jörg Schelling, Linda Sanftenberg, Matthias Holzer

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