[Public Health initiative for improved vaccination for asylum seekers].

The number of asylum seekers in Germany has increased dramatically in 2015. Their medical care includes the officially recommended vaccinations; yet, no detailed information on this is yet available in Germany. In light of the rising number of asylum seekers, we have developed a concept to facilitate their vaccination.

The German approach to emergency/disaster management.

Disaster control and disaster relief in Germany are public tasks. But the government has shifted the responsibility of the administration of these tasks to the 16 states, the so called "Lander", because the EFG is a federal republic. The same is valid for the civil defense and the civil protection in the case of military or international risks.

Detection and identification of fungal pathogens in blood by using molecular probes.

A PCR assay was developed for the detection and identification of Candida and Aspergillus species. The design of the oligonucleotide primer pair as well as the species-specific probes used for species identification was derived from a comparison of the sequences of the 18S rRNA genes of various fungal pathogens. The primers targeted a consensus sequence for a variety of fungal pathogens.

[Cardiovascular complications in hypertensive patients during the peroperative phase].

Circulatory complications during the intraoperative and postoperative phases were evaluated in a prospective study on the effectivity of different modes of treatment of hypertonics. 151 patients were subdivided into four groups: Group 1: Treated hypertension, blood pressure normal Group 2: Treated hypertension, blood pressure levels above 160 mmHg Group 3: Untreated hypertension or treatment of hypertension discontinued Group 4: Patients with threshold hypertension. The results show that patients treated inadequately or for a short period only, had the highest complication rates.