Tables of contents (06/2016)

Miscellaneous

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Letters to the Editor

DEGAM-News

EBM

• Medication after Myocardial Infarction – Life-Long? A Cryptic Answer

  QuestionFor how long should a patient with a myocardial infarction seven years ago should take the substances ASS, statins, ACE inhibitors, beta blocker as...

  Anna Vögele

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• Nontoxic Goiter – What Should be Done?

  QuestionWhat should be done when identifying a non-toxic, non-nodulary goitre?AnswerControl of sufficient iodine intake. Sonographic control of size and new nodul...

  Elizabeth Bandeira-Echtler

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Original Papers

• Ergebnisse einer schriftlichen Befragung von Hausärzten

  Prioritizing Multiple Drug Prescriptions

  A Survey of Family PractitionersBackground: Criteria used by family practitioners in the process of drug prescribing were already determined in a preceding study...

  Markus Herrmann, Bernt-Peter Robra, Yvonne Marx

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• Ergebnisse einer systematischen Übersichtsarbeit

  Randomized Trials Performed by German University Departments of Family Medicine

  Background: We performed a systematic review to provide an overview of the objectives, methods, quality and results of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) performed by...

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• Diagnostics and Therapy of Sore Throat Patients Presenting in Primary Care: an Observational Study

  Background: In Germany there is currently no up-to-date data available concerning family practitioners’ prescription rates of antibiotics for patients with sore throat....

  Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Hannelore Wächtler, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Sonja Maaß, Jürgen Hedderich, Julia Hansmann-Wiest, Oskar Kuhnert, Karolina Malottki

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Commentary / Opinion

• Kommentar zu Maaß S et al.: Diagnostik und Therapie bei Halsschmerzpatienten in der Hausarztpraxis: eine Beobachtungsstudie

  Which Treatment Goal: Streptococcal Infection or Sore Throat?

  Commentary to Maaß et al.: Diagnostics and Therapy of Sore Throat Patients Presenting in Primary Care: an Observational Study ...

  Jean-François Chenot

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Special Article

• Smoking Cessation Therapy – Patient’s Right to be Paid by Health Insurance Companies in Case of Tabacco Addiction

  Summary: Tobacco addiction is a disease which should be covered by health insurance companies. In spite of discussions for years politics and health insurance companies...

  Ulf Ratje, Klaus-Dieter Kolenda

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DEGAM Benefits

• How (Un)Safe Are the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro?

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Review

• Teil 1: Politische und juristische Rahmenbedingungen

  Medical Care for Refugees – What is Important for Family Medicine?

  Part 1 Political and Legal FrameworkSummary: In connection with wars around the Middle East hundreds of thousands of refugees are coming to Germany. There are...

  Günther Egidi, Uwe Popert, Heike Diederichs-Egidi, Sebastian Denzin, Moritz Eckert, Marianne Difflipp-Eppele, Jana Husemann, Stefan Kreszis, Bernhard Piest, Armin Papke

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Editorial

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