Giant cell tumours in fingers among the Inuit population in Greenland.

Objective: Giant cell tumours (GCTs) of the tendon sheets in fingers are rare. We therefore find it of interest to report on 5 cases identified in the Inuit population in Greenland within 16 months prior to this study.

Material And Methods: The Inuit account for 56,000 people of the total population in Greenland.

[Giant xanthomas of all four extremities as a result of hyperlipidaemia in a 24-year-old].

A young male had giant xanthomas of all four extremities. We chose surgical treatment and as a result he was able to wear shoes again. Aggressive treatment of xanthomas and the underlying heart disease is essential in treating young patients.

Effective treatment at a Danish trauma centre.

Introduction: The trauma centre at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark was established in 1999 and has continuously tried to improve its efficiency through regular training of personnel and auditing of selected trauma cases. The purpose of the present study was to assess the efficiency of the trauma teams to perform the initial evaluation using the time spent in the emergency room after arrival and the time to the first chest X-ray as measures for effectiveness.

Material And Methods: This was a prospective cohort study conducted from January 2000 to December 2008 and which included all trauma patients admitted to the hospital.

Geriatric intervention in elderly patients with hip fracture in an orthopedic ward.

Background: Hip fracture is a common cause of long hospital stay in the elderly. Approximately one third of these patients die within the first year. As a consequence geriatric and orthopedic collaboration (orthogeriatrics) has been organized in different ways.

[Interdisciplinary geriatric intervention among nursing home residents with hip fracture reduces mortality].

Introduction: Nursing home residents represent the majority of hip fracture hospitalisation cases. Quick discharge to nursing homes after surgery is common practice. A previous study indicates an increased risk of death immediately after discharge.

[Oram's sign for hip or pelvic disorder].

Introduction: The so-called Oram's sign states that the penis points to the side of the disorder on standard antero-posterior (AP) x-rays of the pelvis. The present study is a scientific evaluation of the sign in a relevant clinical context.

Material And Methods: This is a retrospective study based on a blinded reading by four males and one female doctor of AP x-rays of the pelvis from 51 male patients with hip and pelvic disorders and 11 x-rays without pathology from an additional nine males and two females.

Drug and alcohol use among patients admitted to a Danish trauma centre: a prospective study from a regional trauma centre in Scandinavia.

Objectives: The incidence of drug and alcohol use is unknown among Danish trauma patients, and has not been thoroughly investigated in Europe.

Methods: Patients admitted to the regional trauma centre in Aarhus, Denmark, were prospectively screened by blood and urine tests for the presence of alcohol, and legal and illicit drugs. The correlation with the Injury Severity Score, hospitalization time, and mortality after drug or alcohol intake was investigated.