[Susac syndrome - an unusual syndrome which can be mistaken for multiple sclerosis].

Susac syndrome is an autoimmune disease characterized by the clinical triad of encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusions and sensorineural hearing loss. It most commonly affects young women. Susac syndrome is most likely underdiagnosed, not the least since only 13% have the clinical triad upon presentation.

[Born a few weeks too early; does it matter?].

Late and moderately preterm infants, born between 32+0/7 and 36+6/7 gestational weeks, comprise more than 80 % of all preterm infants and account for almost 40 % of all days of neonatal care. While their total number of days of care has not changed, an increasing part of their neonatal stay (from 29 % in 2011 to 41 % in 2017) is now within home care programmes. Late and moderate preterm birth is often complicated by respiratory disorders, hyperbilirubinemia, hypothermia and feeding difficulties.

[EXIT: Experiences from Karolinska University Hopsital].

The main, but not sole, indication for an Ex-utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) delivery is an airway obstruction due to either laryngeal atresia or tumors in the head and neck region. Here we present our Institution's experience with eleven cases: three teratomas, four lymphatic malformations, two laryngeal atresias and two dermoid cysts. The EXIT procedure was used to secure the fetal airway while maintaining uteroplacental gas exchange and fetal hemodynamic stability through the umbilical circulation.

[Sweden introduces a new specific ICD-10 code for the disease familial hypercholesterolemia].

At the turn of the year 2018/19, a new ICD-10 code (E78.0A) will be introduced in Sweden for the hereditary blood lipid disorder familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Patients with FH have a significantly increased risk of developing atherosclerotic disease, such as myocardial infarction before the age of 50.

[Difficult discussions with patients practiced at course with actors. A carefully planned strategy helps both physician and patient].

The physician's communication skill influences the patient's mental and physical wellbeing, as well as the physician's own experience of stress. Most patients wish to be informed about their disease, by physicians who are honest, gives time, sustains hope, listens and shows compassion and empathy. Even though there are established guidelines on how to break bad news, the physician must find out and respond to the unique reactions and needs of each individual, in order to communicate successfully.