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
A lip cream with special propolis extract GH 2002 at a concentration of 0.5% (199 patients) was tested against aciclovir 5% (198 patients) in the treatment of episodes of herpes labialis under double-blind conditions. Upon inclusion, all patients …
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Jagienka Jautová, Hana Zelenková, Katarína Drotarová, Alena Nejdková, Božena Grünwaldová, Marie Hladiková
Das Eidgenössische Medizinalberufegesetz sieht für die Curricula Humanmedizin in der Schweiz zur Qualitätssicherung und -entwicklung eine Programmakkreditierung sowie eine Eidgenössische Schlussprüfung vor; beide Instrumente beeinflussen die …
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Med. pract., MME Dipl.-Päd. Waltraud Georg, MME Dr. med. Christian Schirlo
Die vorliegende Arbeit bietet einen Überblick über den bestehenden Prüfungsmix für das Studium der Humanmedizin an der Medizinischen Universität Wien. Es werden die Einsatzgebiete von speziellen Prüfungsformaten sowie die Vor- und Nachteile der …
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Monika Himmelbauer, Desiree Koller, Andjela Bäwert, Werner Horn
Die Empfehlungen für fakultätsinterne Prüfungen von GMA und MFT von 2014 stellen einen wichtigen Schritt zur Verbesserung der Prüfungen in der deutschsprachigen Medizinausbildung dar. Weil aber einige wichtige Aspekte von Prüfungen in den …
Eine Prozessanalyse des Prüfungssystems im Modellstudiengang Medizin der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover hat Optimierungspotential bei der Durchführung von Prüfungen ergeben. Fünf Bereiche wurden identifiziert: 1. Etablierung und …
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 …
Whole-body-electro-myo-stimulation (WB-EMS) has been introduced as an alternative to physical training. The aim of the review is to summarize the data about indications and side effects of WB-EMS.A literature search in PubMed disclosed 11 …
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Univ. Prof. Dr. Claudia Stöllberger, Univ. Prof. Dr. Josef Finsterer