In contrast to synchronous occurrence of cancer which is found in up to 8% of cases, cancer-to-cancer metastasis is very rare with less than 50 cases described in the literature [ 1 ]. This article reports a case of breast cancer with synchronous …
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MD Ioana-Claudia Lakovschek, MD Prof. Edgar Petru, MD Marion J. Pollheimer, MD Prof. Manfred Ratschek, MD Prof. Herbert Augustin, MD Prof. Vesna Bjelic-Radisic
Ein PICC-Katheter ist ein peripher über eine Vene des Oberarms eingeführter zentralvenöser Katheter. Dieser Einzelfall betrachtet ein konkretes in Verwendung befindliches Fixiersystem (StatLock®) mit Haft/Klebeplatte.Die dazu im Umlauf …
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MSc Mag. rer. nat. Mag. phil. Dr. med. univ. Günter Polt, Ingrid Bruchmann
Obwohl Ketamin seit langem bekannt und im klinischen Einsatz ist, bleiben nach wie vor Fragen rund um die vielfältigen möglichen Anwendungsfelder als Anästhetikum und Analgetikum offen. Diese betreffen nicht das klassische Einsatzgebiet in der …
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Dr. Wolfgang Jaksch, MSc Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Likar, Prim. Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Aigner
Descriptions of endometriosis in 18th century monographs and manuscripts are rare and the recorded macroscopic features of endometriosis seldom support this attribution to the described cases. Recently, we became aware of an anonymous German …
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MD, PhD Dr Robin M. F. van der Weiden, PhD Prof. dr. Detlef Haberland, MD, PhD Prof. dr. Roland Sedivy, MD, PhD Prof. dr. Jan G. van den Tweel
Eine Grundlage guten medizinischen Handelns ist eine vertrauensvolle und empathische Arzt-Patient-Beziehung. Interventionelle High-Tech-Leistungen erfüllen für definierte Indikationen wichtige Aufgaben in der Versorgung. Doch muss die „sprechende …
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MSc Prim. Univ. Prof. Dr. Rudolf Likar, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Markstaller, Prim. PD Dr. Achim von Goedecke, Dr. Waltraud Stromer, Prim. PD Dr. Gerhard Fritsch, PD Dr. Jürgen Wallner
Die Hashimoto Thyreoiditis ist eine der häufigsten organspezifischen Autoimmunerkrankungen des Menschen mit konsekutiver Organdestruktion und folglich die häufigste Ursache einer primären Hypothyreose in ausreichend jodversorgten Gebieten.
Similar to other advanced health care systems around the world, the Austrian health care system faces major challenges in order to maintain universal coverage [ 1 ]. Accelerated demand for health care services related to demographic change and …
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Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss, Michal Stanak, Sarah Wolf
Complex health interventions (such as screening programmes) are defined by multiple interventions carried out by manifold actors in different settings. This requires the consideration of a spectrum of outcomes and processes. In order to understand …
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Inanna Reinsperger, Katharina Rosian, Roman Winkler
The Westernization efforts initiated in the Ottoman Empire (also historically known as the Turkish Empire) in the 1800s also addressed medical training. Sultan Mahmud II opened a Western-style medical school, the Imperial School of Medicine, in …
A study in an Iranian childrenʼs referral hospital
This study was conducted at the CMC Hospital, Tehran, Iran, between May 2011 and December 2016. The medical records of all children with a definitive diagnosis of brucellosis admitted to the CMC Hospital were reviewed retrospectively. For each …
In der Palliativmedizin ist eine vorherschauende Planung wichtig, auch um sinnvolle und vom Patienten und seinen Angehörigen gewünschte Entscheidungen über den Transfer in Krisensituationen sowie ein mögliches Versterben zu Hause zu treffen.In der …
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MSc Mag. rer. nat. Mag. phil. Dr. med. univ. Günter Polt, MSc Dr. med. univ. Dietmar Weixler, MBA Dr. med. univ. Norbert Bauer
An interdisciplinary statement from the following professional associations: Austrian Thyroid Association (ÖSDG), Austrian Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (OGNMB), Austrian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism (ÖGES), Surgical Endocrinology Working Group (ACE) of the Austrian Surgical Society (OEGCH)
The present “Good Clinical Practice Recommendations” relate to radiofrequency ablation (RFA) training, execution, and quality control, as well as to pre- and postinterventional standards of care. They are aimed at all physicians who intend to …
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M.D. Harald Dobnig, Wolfgang Zechmann, Michael Hermann, Michael Lehner, Dirk Heute, Siroos Mirzaei, Alois Gessl, Vinzenz Stepan, Günter Höfle, Philipp Riss, Andrea Simon
Health technology assessment (HTA) has gained increasing importance in supporting decisions. Over time, not only have specific HTA methodologies been developed, but the specific timing of assessments along the life-cycle of medical technologies …
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Nicole Grössmann, Sarah Wolf, Katharina Rosian, Claudia Wild
The European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) was founded to support efficient production and use of health technology assessments (HTAs) across Europe by reducing redundancies through collaboration. To facilitate collaboration …
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Judit Erdös, Sabine Ettinger, Julia Mayer-Ferbas, Cecilia de Villiers, Claudia Wild
The aim of this study was to characterize clinical, histological, and outcome features of primary melanoma in 1329 patients managed at a single-center institution between 2000 and 2010. Parameters included age at diagnosis, sex, tumor location …
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Dr. Valentin Feichtenschlager, Felix Weihsengruber, Leo Richter, Igor Vujic, Klemens Rappersberger, Christian Posch
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Artificial and non-artificial nerve grafts are the gold standard in peripheral nerve reconstruction in cases with extensive loss of nerve tissue, particularly where a direct end-to-end suture or an autologous nerve graft is inauspicious. Different …
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Tim Kornfeld, Peter M. Vogt, MD, PhD Christine Radtke
Tamoxifen is the most widely used hormone therapy for adjuvant or curative treatment of hormone-sensitive breast cancers. The efficacy vs. adverse effect ratio is favorable [ 1 ] and the actual medical benefit is considered important by the French …
Georg von Hofmann-Wellenhof, 1860 in Wien geboren, studierte in Wien und Graz, wo er nach der Promotion zum Doctor medicinae universae 1886 Assistent am Pathologisch-anatomischen Institut wurde. Dort fand er im Rachen von an Diphtherie Erkrankten …
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ML Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. h. c. Heinz Flamm
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can pose serious complications during pregnancy and neonatal infection. This study aimed to determine the frequency of L. monocytogenes infection, prevalent serotypes, and virulence genes among …