Sexually Transmitted Infections in Soldiers - A Cross-Sectional Assessment in German Paratroopers and Navy Soldiers and a Literature Review.

Introduction: The study was performed to estimate the prevalence and determinants of occurrence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in paratroopers and navy soldiers by anonymously analyzing medical records from the medical departments of two large German barracks in order to assess the need for medical STI prevention.

Methods: Medical records from 80 paratroopers and 80 navy soldiers were screened for records of STI. Results were anonymously collected next to information on risk factors, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic management, and comparatively assessed.

Comparing outcome and recanalization results in patients with anterior circulation stroke following endovascular treatment with and without a treatment with rt-PA: A single-center study.

Objectives: Endovascular treatment (ET), in addition to a therapy with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator IV rt-PA in patients with acute ischemic stroke, has been found to improve outcome. However, data about ET in patients who have not received therapy with rt-PA due to contraindications for IV rt-PA are sparse. Comparison of ET with IV rt-PA versus ET alone in patients with stroke is done using a proximal intracranial arterial occlusion (internal carotid artery, middle cerebral artery (M1-Segment)).