[Representation of Internal Medicine in G-DRG System - Analysis of Reasons for Prolonged Length of Stay].

 There is an ongoing discussion within the German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM) and the Professional Association of German Internists (BDI) about the appropriate depiction and remuneration of internal medicine in the G-DRG.  Therefore, cases with a significantly prolonged length of stay were analyzed in a multicenter study. 124 cases from 6 hospitals were collected for evaluation.

HOMO-LUMO energy gap control in platinum(II) biphenyl complexes containing 2,2'-bipyridine ligands.

A series of platinum(ii) biphenyl 2,2'-bipyridine complexes containing electron-donating and electron-withdrawing moieties on the 4 and 4' positions of the bipyridine ligand exhibit emission from excited states in the 600 nm region of the spectrum upon excitation in the metal-to-ligand charge transfer transition located near 450 nm. These complexes are distorted from planarity based on both single crystal structure determinations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations of isolated molecules in acetonitrile. The DFT also reveals the geometry of the lowest-lying triplet state (LLTS) of each complex that is important for emission behavior.

Shaping the System - The DRG Evaluation Project of the German Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, DGGG).

The German DRG system is annually adapted to the changing services provided. For the further development, the self-governing body and its DRG Institute (InEK) depend on participation of the users. For one of the DRG evaluation projects initiated by DGGG, cost and performance data for the year 2011 from 16 hospitals were available.

Electronic and photophysical properties of platinum(II) biphenyl complexes containing 2,2'-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline ligands.

Pt(bph)(bpy) and Pt(bph)(phen), where bph is the 2,2'-biphenyl dianion, bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine, and phen is 1,10-phenanthroline, crystallize in the space groups I4(1)/a and P2(1)/c, respectively, in two different configurations as X-shaped and bowed (B). The distance between Pt centers is 3.5 Å indicative of π-π stacking.

Candidaemia in a European Paediatric University Hospital: a 10-year observational study.

In this retrospective observational study covering 1998 to 2008, 32 patients (mean age: 7.50 years) were identified that had 35 episodes of candidaemia (0.47 cases/1000 hospital discharges).