Dominik Heim,Silvio Gujer
Dominik Heim
Ankle sprains, burns, cuts and lacerated wounds, ingrowing toenail - topics, that are common in the general practitioner's office. Just peanuts? If they are correctly treated, yes, maybe. But if poorly diagnosed and badly treated they turn ...
[Urgent care: psychiatry] [0.03%]
[紧急护理：精神病学]
Krischan von Hintzenstern,Thomas Ihde
Krischan von Hintzenstern
This text gives advice on how to take a history of present illness, do a mental status examination and come to a correct diagnosis in psychiatric emergencies. Certain syndromes are described that form the most common energency situations: s...
[Acute urinary retention: a few simple rules for a successful catheterization] [0.03%]
急性尿潴留：几个简单的导尿成功技巧
Frédéric D Birkhäuser,Urs E Studer
Frédéric D Birkhäuser
Acute urinary retention is a common emergency condition in elderly men. Transurethral and suprapubic catheterization are easy and safe procedures provided that a few simple rules are followed. Primarily, a transurethral catheter is placed i...
Christoph Hurni
Christoph Hurni
Heart failure is a frequent diagnosis in both in- and outpatients. Despite advances in therapy during the past two decades, prognosis is still serious with a mortality rate of 30 % in the first year after diagnosis. Echocardiography is the ...
Hannes Balmer
Hannes Balmer
Frequent emergencies in patients with dementia include aggressiveness, screaming, day/night reversal, other behavioral disorders, and falls. They are often caused by delirium, especially if there has been a rapid change in the patient's sta...
Heinz Fahrer
Heinz Fahrer
In rheumatology there may occur emergencies especially in the field of inflammable diseases, the sudden occlusion of the central retinal artery in temporal arteritis as an example. Such incidents are rare. The general practitioner is more o...
Ernst Bürki
Ernst Bürki
This article point out guidelines for the general practitioner when he can manage himself ophthalmic emergencies, which patients an ophthamologist should see on the same day and when an immediate intervention by an ophthalmologist is necess...
Anna Pirker,Matthias Pirker
Anna Pirker
Fever is one of the most common reasons for encounter in pediatrics. This article gives information on how to judge the condition of a feverish child or infant correctly: Special emphasis should be put on the general condition of the patien...
Mireille Schaufelberger,Adrian Goeldlin
Mireille Schaufelberger
Telephone consultations are part of GP's daily routine. The patients appreciate the quick and uncomplicated access to consultations via phone and therefore the demand for telephone consultations is increasing steadily. Nevertheless, telepho...
Rolf A Streuli
Rolf A Streuli
Our hospitals are suffering from an increasing run of "minor emergency cases". Those are simple medical or surgical ailments that could be taken care of by a general practitioner's office in a competent and cost efficient way. Because of th...