[Borrelia burgdorferi myocarditis].

We describe a case of progressive arrhythmia and heart failure combined with neurological symptoms that was resistant to conventional cardiological treatment. The outcome of a serological analysis was Borrelia IgG on a level consistent with chronic Lyme Disease. Antibiotic treatment with doxycycline resulted in complete remission of all cardiological symptoms.

[Efforts of general practitioners in the treatment of heart arrest in a rural area. A prospective pilot study].

During a two year period, general practitioners in a local area were called to all 112 alarms (the number dialled in Denmark in emergencies) in order to improve the prognosis of patients with cardiac arrest. In 55% of the calls, the practitioners arrived within five minutes, whereas the ambulance arrived within five minutes in only 16% of the cases (p < 0.01).

[Treatment of cardiac arrest in general practice. A prospective study].

Since 1978, all of the ambulance stations in South Jutland have been equipped with defibrillators, equipment for intubation, drop equipment, infusion fluids and medicaments for treatment of acute medical and surgical emergencies. In 1989, a prospective investigation was undertaken of the results of the treatment of cardiac arrest outside hospital and carried out by general practitioners in cooperation with the ambulance staff or the ambulance staff alone. The investigation revealed that four out of 11 patients with cardiac arrest survived in the group treated by doctors and ambulance staff in the pre-hospital phase while only one out of 22 patients were resuscitated by the ambulance staff alone.

EEG monitored ECT.

EEG monitored ECT was administrated to 20 patients, 12 females and 8 males. One hundred and fifty-six treatments were given (mean 7.8 treatments/patient), and the relation between clinically observed seizures (COS) and the cerebral patterns of convulsions (EPC) was compared.