Publications by authors named "Julia Gowik"
[IQWiG evidence report on psychological consequences of abortion].
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz
December 2024
The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health to provide support for the further development of the S2k guideline on first-trimester abortion into an S3 guideline. To this end, the responsible guideline group formulated research questions that were answered in IQWiG evidence reports. One of the questions to be addressed was the evidence regarding the psychological consequences of an abortion in the first trimester compared to no abortion in the first trimester in pregnant women who wish to have an abortion.
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- In patients with epilepsy, autonomic nervous system dysfunction is marked by heightened sympathetic activity, influenced by changes in the central autonomic network.
- A study involved 21 patients with epilepsy (16 seizure-free) and 21 healthy controls, who underwent an intense bicycle ergometer test while monitoring brain activity and heart rate variability.
- Findings showed that while both groups exhibited expected autonomic responses post-exercise, the correlation between central and peripheral autonomic activities differed in epilepsy patients, suggesting a unique sympathetic response that warrants further investigation regarding its clinical significance.