Publications by authors named "B Rodeck"

Fachkliniken spielen in der stationären Versorgung im deutschen Gesundheitswesen eine wesentliche Rolle. Sie zeichnen sich durch eine hohe Spezialisierung und Expertise aus und werden in zahlreichen medizinischen Disziplinen beschrieben. Allerdings fehlt bisher eine allgemein akzeptierte Legaldefinition von Fachkliniken.

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Introduction:  The majority of pediatric surgeons and hepatologists recommend the centralization of biliary atresia (BA) treatment within experienced liver units. We aimed to investigate whether voluntary self-restriction and acceptance of the need for this change in practice changed the BA referral policy in Germany during the last decade.

Materials And Methods:  In cooperation with pediatric surgeons, gastroenterologists or hepatologists, and pediatric liver transplant units, the 2-year follow-up data of infants with BA born in Germany between 2010 and 2014 were collected using www.

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After initial reluctance masks have emerged as an important means of restricting the spread of SARS-CoV‑2, the new coronavirus causing COVID-19. Other simple measures are keeping a distance of at least 1 ½ m from other persons and observing hygiene recommendations, including washing or even disinfecting the hands, coughing into the crook of the arm and remaining at home when sick. Combining the initial letters of the German words for the three measures ( distance-hygiene-face mask) the acronym AHA was formed, a colloquial German word meaning that the speaker understood the information presented.

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[Chronic somatic disorders-The way to adulthood medicine structures].

Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz

July 2020

Transition is the structured crossing over of an adolescent patient from treatment by a pediatrician to that by an adult doctor. The transition falls in a difficult phase of life that includes the end of puberty, finding a job, obtaining training, gaining increasing autonomy, and "cutting off" from parents and the parents' home. In this article, problems with transition are explained with a focus on patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases.

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