Survival in old age has been shown to be positively related to religiousness, and in particular to to church attendance. This research provides new confirmation of this relationship under the Swiss Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study on the Oldest Old (N ...
Abstract: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' development of independent living between 1991 and 1998. Until the end of 1998 data from 340 of initially 375 participants were available for analyses with regard to loss of ...
Maintaining and Supporting Independent Living in Old Age (SIMA) - Part XXI: Mortality RisksAbstract: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' mortality between 1991 and 1998. At baseline participants were community residents ...
Immune mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) in dogs is a severe disease with a high mortality rate. As human immunoglobulin (HIG) was reported to be beneficial for the treatment of IMHA in dogs we examined the influence of HIG on the course of the disease in ...
Vaccination of dams in a PCV2 subclinically infected farm 2 and 4 weeks before insemination, with a booster at 12 weeks of gestation did not influence fertility parameters of the dams. However, growth parameters of offspring of vaccinated sows improved ...
This article gives an overview on the clinical epidemiology of hepatitis B in Switzerland. It considers structure of the hepatitis B virus, serologic diagnosis of hepatitis B and its prevention and treatment. The main conclusions are as follows:
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Auch junge Patienten können einen akuten Myokardinfarkt erleiden. Die möglichen Differentialdiagnosen des Thoraxschmerzes sind wie beim älteren Patienten mannigfaltig und reichen von harmlos bis hin zu lebensbedrohlichen Erkrankungen. Ca. 2–10% der ...
Die Wahl des Anästhesieverfahrens (Regional- oder Allgemeinanästhesie bzw. eine Kombination beider Verfahren) ist eine massgeschneiderte ärztliche Entscheidung. Sie wird von der Art des Eingriffes, der Erfahrung des Anästhesiearztes, vor allem aber auch ...
Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol-Related Mortality, Morbidity, Social Problems and Costs in GermanyAims: This paper gives an overview on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related negative consequences in Germany. Method: Figures on alcohol consumption (per ...
Recommendations How to Deal with AlcoholAbstract:Aims: The previous recommendations of the German Centre for Addiction Issues (DHS) how to deal with alcohol were based on low-risk drinking limits. The aim of this ...
Risks of Antipsychotics in Old Age, Particularly in Dementia: ReviewAntipsychotics are widely used in the treatment auf challenging behaviour in dementia with second generation antipsychotics today being prescribed more often than the older agents. Given ...
Neonatology is a form of general medicine which focuses on the beginning of life and lays its main emphasis on the conversion from intrauterine to extrauterine life. Over the last 50 years, the neonatal mortality in Switzerland dropped from 25 to 3 per ...
Obesity Paradox and StrokeAbstract. The obesity paradox suggests that overweight and obese patients of older age may have higher survival rates after stroke as compared to normalweight patients. However, the results need a cautious interpretation due to ...