Long-term course of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in German soldiers: effects of inpatient eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy and specific trauma characteristics in patients with non-combat-related PTSD.

Objective: In this study, we retrospectively evaluated a patient population of 89 German soldiers who received inpatient treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder at the German Armed Forces Hospital in Hamburg from 1998 to 2003.

Methods: Patients were nonrandomly assigned to a treatment group who received eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and a comparison group with general hospital treatment and relaxation training. Follow-up information was obtained 29 months post-treatment.

[Norplant and its side effects].

Norplant is a subcutaneous contraceptive with levonorgestrel. From March to October 1993. Norplant was implanted in 58 women and its side effects were observed for a period of six months.

Prolonged postpartum urinary retention.

Urinary retention after vaginal delivery is a relatively common problem, usually resolved by the temporary use of an indwelling catheter. Presented are two patients with persistent bladder atony after vaginal delivery, despite the use of an indwelling catheter for 10 days. Both patients had low forceps deliveries without severe perineal trauma.

Vaginal birth after cesarean section in a small hospital.

Most studies on vaginal birth after cesarean section come from medical centers or university hospitals. However, the minority of births in the United States occur in these hospitals. When compared with larger institutions, many small hospitals have longer operating start-up times, less adequate blood banking facilities, and decreased obstetrical anesthesia support.

Establishing a self-perpetuating American Heart Association/Advanced Cardiac Life Support program in West Germany.

Sudden cardiac death is one of the major health problems in industrialized nations. The American Heart Association-sponsored Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) programs provide consensus training programs geared to teach local persons and health care providers the techniques of CPR and advanced life support, respectively. In April 1988, the staff of the U.