Andreas R Huber
Andreas R Huber
Outcome studies and health technology assessment and appraisals have become more and more prominent in regard to the utility of laboratory testing in clinical medicine. In the past years many valuable and useful studies have been published ...
Roman Fried
Roman Fried
To receive a maximum benefit from external quality assessment, the laboratory has to fulfill certain requirements. There have to be standard operating procedures and checklists for the correct sample processing and analysis. It is equally i...
[Do Multiplex PCR techniques displace classical cultures in microbiology?] [0.03%]
多重PCR技术会取代经典的培养方法而成为微生物学的主流技术吗？
Raymond Auckenthaler,Martin Risch
Raymond Auckenthaler
Multiplex PCR technologies progressively find their way in clinical microbiology. This technique allows the simultaneous amplification of multiple DNA targets in a single test run for the identification of pathogens up to the species level....
Martin Risch
Martin Risch
Benedikt Horn
Benedikt Horn
Fractures, especially in elder persons after falls, get more frequent and lead to immens costs. Facts about risks at home and in public areas as well as caused by illness and medicaments are discussed. Some ideas and hints for prevention by...
[Chest pain] [0.03%]
[胸痛]
Benedikt Horn
Benedikt Horn
Chest pain in ambulatory setting is predominantly not heart-associated. Most patients suffer from muskuloskeletal or functional (psychogenic) chest pain. Differential diagnosis covers aortic dissection, rib-fracture, shingles, GERD, Tietze-...
[Dog bites] [0.03%]
狗咬伤案件
Benedikt Horn
Benedikt Horn
In Switzerland 10'000 people are bitten by a dog annualy. Dog bites are notifiable incidents. Defensive and offensive aggression of dogs (why does a dog bite?), history, signs, treatment and prevention are discussed. Finally a short psychog...
Benedikt Horn
Benedikt Horn
Treptising with an glowing spike or paperclip can be performed everywhere without local anesthesia and even by non-professionals. Evacuation of hematoma with a Insulin-Syringe/Needle in small nails (children, toe 2 - 5) is an interesting al...
Bruno Durrer
Bruno Durrer
Frostbite is most likely to happen in combination with accidents, intoxications or psychiatric emergencies and typically affects smaller, more exposed areas of the body, such as fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin. The preclinical tr...
Bruno Durrer,Urs Allenspach,Stefanie Felgenhauer et al.
Bruno Durrer et al.
In over 95 % of shoulder dislocations, the humerus is displaced anteriorly, a trauma regularly seen in skiing- and mountainresorts. All physicians should be trained to diagnose and relocate a dislocated shoulder. A variety of techniques exi...