[Teminal care in a nursing home].

This article focuses on patients with limited life expectancy who no longer benefit from preventive medication but not yet qualify for palliative care - a time frame often referred to as End-of-Life (EOL). The purpose of this article is to identify and assess international guidelines for prescribing in EOL. No relevant clinical trials were available, but we found advice mainly based on logic assumptions and thoughts.

Living with a depressed person in Denmark: a qualitative study.

Background: Strategies for coping with the burdens of living with a depressed person affect a family's psychosocial environment.

Aim: The aim of this qualitative study was to explore how relatives make personal sense of living with a depressed family member.

Methods: Thirteen cohabitant relatives were interviewed either individually or in a focus group.

[Quality development at a medical department].

Organization on medical wards have an impact on patient continuity, both regarding contact with physicians and nurses. Highest continuity was found in teams with approximately 20 beds. Members ought to spend most of their time in the team.

Ranitidine and high-dose antacid in reflux oesophagitis. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

The liquid antacid Novaluzid (10 ml seven times daily) was compared with ranitidine (150 mg twice daily) and with placebo in 57 patients with symptoms and endoscopic signs of oesophagitis and gastro-oesophageal reflux. A randomized three-period change-over design with the double-dummy technique was used. Each treatment period lasted 6 weeks.