[Ventral cervical spondylophytes as differential diagnosis of neurogenic dysphagia].

Background: Ventral cervical spondylophytes can lead to severe dysphagia if they are of sufficient extent and height localization and represent an important differential diagnosis of neurogenic dysphagia, especially in older patients.

Objective: Presentation of various etiologies of ventral cervical spondylophytes, specific symptoms and abnormalities of the swallowing function caused by spondylophytes, their manifestation in the instrumental swallowing diagnostics and an outlook on treatment options.

Material And Methods: Summary of the current literature on spondylophyte-related dysphagia and an overview of research results regarding differential diagnostic aspects of neurogenic dysphagia.

Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) for neurogenic dysphagia: training curriculum of the German Society of Neurology and the German stroke society.

Background: Neurogenic dysphagia is one of the most frequent and prognostically relevant neurological deficits in a variety of disorders, such as stroke, parkinsonism and advanced neuromuscular diseases. Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is now probably the most frequently used tool for objective dysphagia assessment in Germany. It allows evaluation of the efficacy and safety of swallowing, determination of appropriate feeding strategies and assessment of the efficacy of different swallowing manoeuvres.

Assaults in the elderly--a population-based study with victim and perpetrator characteristics.

The aim of the present epidemiological study was to investigate characteristics of assaults in the elderly aged 65 years and above from the perspective of the victim and perpetrator. This population-based study included 23,142 assaults (according to §§ 224/226 StGB of German criminal law) that were recorded in Bavaria, Germany, from 1999 to 2005. The population-based ratio of serious crimes of battery for the elderly in comparison with the reference population was markedly lower (0.

Relationship between lunar phases and serious crimes of battery: a population-based study.

Objective: The hypothesis of a lunar influence on human abnormal behavior is still widespread, although research has led to conflicting findings. Therefore, a population-based study to assess the influence of lunar phases on violent crimes was conducted.

Methods: The study included all serious crimes of battery (aggravated assaults) committed in Middle Franconia (Bavaria, Germany) between 1999 and 2005 (n = 23 142).