We report on a 76 year old woman who fainted on her way to the restroom during the night. At the emergency department, a prolonged QT-interval was noticed in addition to sinusbradycardia and marginal hypokalemia. The QT-interval normalized promptly after ...

The aim of the present study was to assess health related characteristics and reasons for participation on the «check-up-cruise», second, to compare these variables with a representative Swiss Health Survey (SHS). Characteristics of the participants were ...

Recommendations for the treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) have been recently published by international scientific societies (EULAR, OARSI). The aim of this study was to evaluate, in real life, the acceptance of these recommendations in the ...

Distal radius, clavicle, malleolar and proximal humerus fractures belong to the most frequent fracture types in every day practice. The initial diagnose with conservative therapy or the postoperative care is often carried out by the general practitioner. ...

Iron deficiency (ID) without anaemia frequently remains undiagnosed when symptoms are attributed to ID with anaemia. Serum ferritin is the primary diagnostic parameter, whereas <10 μg/l represent depleted iron stores, 10–30 μg/l can confirm ID without ...

Calcific myonecrosis is a late complication of a previous trauma which presents as a calcified fusiforme mass on an x-ray film. It is affecting mostly the anterior compartment of the lower leg. 43 cases have been reported in the literature and are ...

We herein report on an 80-year old male patient with a history of muscle weakness, fatigue and weight loss since several months. Because of a pathologic synacthen test in combination with decreased levels of ACTH, we diagnosed a secondary chronic adrenal ...