56 Ergebnisse für: emphysema
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Typhus and Other Rickettsioses (15.05.2009)
//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2009.0348
Since mankind has existed, fleas and lice have been its permanent companions. In addition to the small volume of blood sucked and the allergic pruritus, these ectoparasites are important transmitters of communicable diseases. Fleas are well known for...
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Binge Drinking in Childhood and Adolescence (08.05.2009)
http://www.aerzteblatt.de/int/archive/article?id=64637
According to recent reports by the German Federal Commissioner for Narcotic Drugs (Bundesdrogenbeauftragte), the number of adolescents (aged up to 20 years) treated in hospital for alcohol poisoning more than doubled between 2000 and 2007, from 9500...
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Types of Study in Medical Research (10.04.2009)
//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2009.0262
The quality, reliability and possibility of publishing a study are decisively influenced by the selection of a proper study design. The study type is a component of the study design (see the article "Study Design in Medical Research") and must be...
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Neonatal Screening for Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders (10.01.2011)
//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2011.0011
Screening for treatable congenital endocrinopathies and metabolic disorders is an important preventive measure that is available for all neonates in Germany. Advances in the treatment of congenital metabolic defects have led to the expansion of the...
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Knock-Out Drugs (15.05.2009)
//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2009.0341
Press reports of the use of knock-out drugs to facilitate crimes have become more common in recent years, beginning in the USA, but now more commonly in Europe as well. Some years ago, the best-known cases in Germany involved robbery and other crimes...
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Hantaviruses as Zoonotic Pathogens in Germany (08.07.2013)
//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2013.0461
The threat to human health from transferred zoonotic viruses is a highly current debate. In addition to the repeated transmission of influenzaviruses from animals to humans, the threat from the new coronaviruses is also under intense discussion....