Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Case Involving Vancomycin.

Drug-induced thrombocytopenia (DIT) is a rare adverse effect that occurs when administering various medications. The medications associated with this possible adverse effect include heparin, penicillin, furosemide, vancomycin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, ranitidine, and many others. DIT causes a rapid decrease in platelet counts after drug administration and typically resolves once the offending agent has been discontinued.

Decontamination of disposable respirators for reuse in a pandemic employing in-situ-generated peracetic acid.

Background: During shortages of filtering face pieces (FFP) in a pandemic, it is necessary to implement a method for safe reuse or extended use. Our aim was to develop a simple, inexpensive and ecological method for decontamination of disposable FFPs that preserves filtration efficiency and material integrity.

Material And Methods: Contamination of FFPs (3M Aura 9320+) with SARS-CoV-2 (1.

Interdisciplinary Diagnosis, Therapy and Follow-up of Patients with Endometrial Cancer. Guideline (S3-Level, AWMF Registry Nummer 032/034-OL, April 2018) - Part 1 with Recommendations on the Epidemiology, Screening, Diagnosis and Hereditary Factors of Endometrial Cancer.

The first German interdisciplinary S3-guideline on the diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of patients with endometrial cancer was published in April 2018. Funded by German Cancer Aid as part of an Oncology Guidelines Program, the lead coordinators of the guideline were the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) and the Gynecological Oncology Working Group (AGO) of the German Cancer Society (DKG). The use of evidence-based, risk-adapted therapy to treat low-risk women with endometrial cancer avoids unnecessarily radical surgery and non-useful adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.

Symptoms of depression and anxiety as predictors of physical functioning in breast cancer patients. A prospective study using path analysis.

Background: Although symptoms of depression and anxiety are linked to health-related quality of life (HRQoL), the nature of this relationship remained unclear. We therefore aimed to examine, in a prospective study, both possible directions of impact in this relationship. To avoid conceptual and measurement overlap between depressive and anxiety symptoms, on the one hand, and HRQoL, on the other hand, we focused on the physical functioning component of HRQoL.

[Paediatric Rehabilitation by the German Pension Insurance - Status Quo and Future Developments].

In Germany inpatient rehabilitation plays a major role for the treatment of children and adolescents with chronic health conditions. The German Pension Insurance carries out the rehabilitation of children and adolescents with high commitment. Paediatric rehabilitation enables children to go to kindergarten and school without interruption and participate in later professional life.

[Medical Rehabilitation as an Attractive Field of Work for Medical Doctors? - A Qualitative Survey].

In the German Health system there is an increasing competition in the recruitment of specialised staff, especially for rehabilitation centres, which are deemed less attractive. Therefore, this study examines the attractiveness of the field of medical rehabilitation from the point of view of medical professionals. We conducted 16 semi-structured interviews with doctors from 7 rehabilitation centres with different medical specialisations.

The prospective relationship between satisfaction with information and symptoms of depression and anxiety in breast cancer: A structural equation modeling analysis.

Objective: Previous research has demonstrated associations between satisfaction with information and reduced emotional distress in cancer patients. However, as most studies were cross-sectional, the direction of this relationship remained unclear. We therefore aimed to test whether information satisfaction predicted subsequent depression and anxiety levels, and, reciprocally, depression and anxiety levels predicted subsequent information satisfaction, thus clarifying the direction of impact.

[Rehabilitation goals in discharge reports and in patient questionnaires--on the example of endometriosis patients].

Background: [corrected] The goal orientation of rehabilitation has increasingly found its way in research and practice. Though, shortcomings were ascertained for the implementation into the clinical routine furthermore. An empirical analysis of goal setting in clinical practice should complement the available evidence.

Diagnostic delay for endometriosis in Austria and Germany: causes and possible consequences.

Study Question: What is the length of the diagnostic delay for endometriosis in Austria and Germany, and what are the reasons for the delay?

Summary Answer: The diagnostic delay for endometriosis in Austria and Germany is surprisingly long, due to both medical and psychosocial reasons.

What Is Known Already: Diagnostic delay of endometriosis is a problematic phenomenon which has been evaluated in several European countries and in the USA, but has not been reported for Germany and Austria.

Study Design, Size, Duration: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based multicentre study was conducted in tertiary referral centers in Austria and Germany.

[General conditions concerning the implementation of an outpatient education programme--characteristics and distinctions from an inpatient training programme].

Introduction: The aim of the EVA study was to develop an outpatient education programme for women with endometriosis with a view to permanent transfer into routine care. Implementation of the programme generated several problems and obstacles that are not, or not to this extent, present in the inpatient setting of a rehabilitation clinic.

Methods: The patient education programme was developed in line with an existing inpatient programme, taking into account the criteria for evaluating such training programmes.

[Comparison of the legal basis for health prevention and promotion in the school laws of the federal states in Germany].

Background: Health prevention and promotion in schools are key public health tasks in most countries. This study focuses on the importance given to prevention and promotion of health in law texts through comparatively analysing school laws for the sixteen federal states in Germany.

Material And Methods: The basis for the analysis are the sixteen federal school laws in Germany.