[How do Turkish immigrants evaluate cultural sensitivity in a German tertiary hospital?].

Background: Culturally adequate medical care is a goal in Germany, but quantitative data concerning inpatients is lacking.

Methods: Inpatients of a German tertiary hospital: Turkish migrants (T) and Germans (G) were interviewed in their respective native language.

Results: 121 T and 121 G were interviewed.

Sonographic assessment of spleen size in Turkish migrants with Familial Mediterranean fever in Germany.

Objectives: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) can be associated with splenomegaly. Prospective quantitative data are lacking. We performed a sonographic assessment of spleen size in patients with FMF and healthy control participants to assess its diagnostic value.

Anxiety and depression in adult patients with familial Mediterranean fever: a study comparing patients living in Germany and Turkey.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of anxiety and depression among patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) living in Germany or Turkey a prospective study was conducted.

Methods: Forty FMF patients living in Turkey (T), 40 FMF patients living in Germany (G) and 40 healthy controls living in Germany (C) were included. Patients and controls were of Turkish ancestry.

Disease severity in adult patients of Turkish ancestry with familial mediterranean fever living in Germany or Turkey. Does the country of residence affect the course of the disease?

Background: The environment may affect the course of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare disease severity between adult FMF patients in Turkey (TR) and Germany (G).

Methods: Adult FMF patients of Turkish ancestry on colchicine living in Turkey (n = 40) or G (n = 35) were compared.

How do hospitalised patients with Turkish migration background estimate their language skills and their comprehension of medical information - a prospective cross-sectional study and comparison to native patients in Germany to assess the language barrier and the need for translation.

Background: Today more than two million people with Turkish migration background live in Germany making them the largest ethnic minority in the country. Data concerning language skills and the perception of medical information in hospitalised patients with Turkish migration background (T) are scarce. Our study is the first to gather quantitative information on this important subject.

Quality of life in adult patients with Familial Mediterranean fever living in Germany or Turkey compared to healthy subjects: a study evaluating the effect of disease severity and country of residence.

We assessed quality of life (QOL) and disease activity in patients with Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) of Turkish ancestry living in Germany or Turkey and conducted a correlation with FMF disease activity. 40 FMF patients in Turkey (TR), 40 FMF patients in Germany (G) and 40 healthy controls in Germany (C) were included. QOL was evaluated with the short form of the World Health Organisation Quality of Life scale (WHOQOL-BREF).

Postponing elective hospitalizations for pre-admission MRSA screening and decolonization. A study evaluating eligibility and acceptance among patients of a German university hospital.

There is evidence that pre-admission screening and decolonization (PreASD) of MRSA can reduce costs in elective surgical patients. It is not known whether this strategy could also be successfully applied to general medical patients of a tertiary referral hospital with multiple specialties. Our study retrospectively evaluates the eligibility of patients for MRSA-PreASD in a setting of active targeted MRSA surveillance.

Can pre-endoscopic assessment predict active upper gastrointestinal bleeding? A retrospective study in patients with symptoms of upper gastrointestinal bleeding outside regular working hours.

Background/aims: To evaluate the usefulness of pre-endoscopic assessment for predicting active up-per gastrointestinal bleeding (UGI-B) at emergency esophagogastroduodenoscopy (E-EGD, within 6 hours).

Methodology: We retrospectively analysed the medical records of patients that had an E-EGD performed outside working hours and considered 15 pre-endoscopic variables in a univariate analysis. Active UGI-Bat E-EGD was taken as end-point.

Continuous reduction of plasma paraoxonase activity with increasing dialysis vintage in hemodialysis patients.

Plasma paraoxonase (PON) is an enzyme that hydrolyzes organic phosphate and aromatic carboxylic acid esters. Reduced activity is associated with early events of atherogenesis. The relevance of PON phenotypes is not well characterized in hemodialysis patients.

Development of a duodenal gallstone ileus with gastric outlet obstruction (Bouveret syndrome) four months after successful treatment of symptomatic gallstone disease with cholecystitis and cholangitis: a case report.

Introduction: Cases of gallstone ileus account for 1% to 4% of all instances of mechanical bowel obstruction. The majority of obstructing gallstones are located in the terminal ileum. Less than 10% of impacted gallstones are located in the duodenum.

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis of the ascending colon related to acarbose treatment: a case report.

Introduction: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts in the intestinal wall, the submucosa and/or subserosa of the intestine. The term pneumatosis cystoides coli is synonymous with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis when the disorder is limited to the colon. It is a secondary finding caused by a wide variety of underlying gastrointestinal or extragastrointestinal diseases but rarely occurs in the course of treatment with an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor.

Tuberculous peritonitis in a German patient with primary biliary cirrhosis: a case report.

Background: The number of cases of tuberculosis as a complication in people with immunodeficiency, people on immunosuppressive therapy and among the immigrant population is increasing in Germany. However, tuberculous peritonitis rarely occurs without these risks, particularly in Germans. The incidence of tuberculous peritonitis in Germany is very low; tuberculosis of the intestinal tract was found in approximately 0.

Results of a phase I trial of sorafenib (BAY 43-9006) in combination with oxaliplatin in patients with refractory solid tumors, including colorectal cancer.

Background: Sorafenib (BAY 43-9006), a multiple kinase inhibitor, has been shown to inhibit tumor growth and tumor angiogenesis by targeting Raf kinase, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, and platelet-derived growth factor receptor. In phase I studies, sorafenib demonstrated single-agent activity in patients with advanced solid tumors and was successfully combined with oxaliplatin in preclinical studies. This phase I study investigated the safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of sorafenib in combination with oxaliplatin.

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis in a young girl--long term remission under Montelukast.

Background: Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders are an emerging disease entity characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the intestinal wall. Oral steroids can be still considered as first line treatment. Unfortunately relapses are quite common.

A rare cause of pulmonary-renal syndrome.

Diseases affecting both the lung and the kidney have grave prognosis and serious diagnostic and therapeutic consequences. Here, 3 cases of pulmonary-renal syndrome caused by antiphospholipid syndrome are reported. The patients presented with dyspnea, renal insufficiency, pulmonary infiltrates on chest X-ray and areas of ground glass attenuation on computed tomography of the lungs.