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  Hantaviruses as Zoonotic Pathogens in Germany (08.07.2013)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2013.0461

  The threat to human health from transferred zoonotic viruses is a highly current debate. In addition to the repeated transmission of influenzaviruses from animals to humans, the threat from the new coronaviruses is also under intense discussion....

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  The Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes (16.06.2017)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2017.0412

  Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as a glucose intolerance which is first diagnosed in pregnancy and remains below the cutoff value for manifest diabetes (1, 2). Although asymptomatic in its clinical course, GDM is associated with an...

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  Oocyte Donation (21.01.2011)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2011.0023

  Oocyte donation has been used for more than 25 years to treat unwanted childlessness (1). As the procedure has been prohibited in Germany since the law on the protection of embryos was introduced in December 1990, couples have been using medical...

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  The Problems of Long-Term Treatment With Benzodiazepines and Related Substances (05.01.2015)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2015.0001

  Misuse and dependency problems with benzodiazepines have been a familiar phenomenon for about 40 years (1, 2, e1). For this reason, pharmaceutical companies and the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) have restricted the...

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  The Serological Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (06.03.2009)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2009.0159

  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has a prevalence of about 0.5% to 1% and an incidence of about 30 per 100 000 inhabitants, making it the most common chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease. The peak incidence is at about 50 years of age. Women are affected...

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  Deaths Due to Physical Restraint (20.01.2012)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2012.0027

  Freedom-restraining measures (FRM) to prevent falls, to control the movement of patients with behavioral disorders or motor unrest, and to enable treatment to be carried out are employed principally in geriatric medicine and in general care of the...

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  Reconstructive Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (21.11.2008)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2008.0815

  Plastic surgical reconstruction is one of the main tasks facing the oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the otorhinolaryngologist, and the plastic surgeon. It is a major component of practically all areas of these three surgical specialties but is most...

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  Brain Development During Adolescence (21.06.2013)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2013.0425

  Adolescence is the phase of life between late childhood and adulthood. It is a time not only of physical maturation, but also of mental and emotional development into an independent, responsible adult. The major developmental tasks of adolescence...

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  Vaccination Safety Update (25.08.2008)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2008.0590

  Vaccination is the most effective medical primary prevention measure. The efficacy and utility of vaccination in controlling widely feared infectious diseases is convincingly demonstrated by the eradication of smallpox and the successful combating of...

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  Concordance Analysis (29.07.2011)

  //doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2011.0515

  Many diagnostic methods in medicine carry the risk of misdiagnosis. All physicians sometimes make diagnostic errors, any two physicians will sometimes disagree on a diagnosis, and even the technical measurements on which diagnoses are based are never...

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