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The Gouverneur Ambulatory Care Unit: A New Approach to Ambulatory Care

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1964
Howard J. Brown, Raymond S. Alexander
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Patients at high risk for a severe clinical course of COVID-19 — small-area data in support of vaccination and other population-based interventions in Germany

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Research has shown that the risk for a severe course of COVID-19 is increased in the elderly population and among patients with chronic conditions.
Jakob Holstiege, Manas K. Akmatov, Claudia Kohring, Lotte Dammertz, Frank Ng, Thomas Czihal, Dominik von Stillfried, Jörg Bätzing   +7 more
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Interrupting chains of respiratory infections via remote patient monitoring in ambulatory care - a randomized controlled trial during the 2020/21 infection season

Dialogues in Health, 2022
Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to investigate patient satisfaction, saving of time and the possible reduction of visits to medical practices that use Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) during treatment compared to usual care.
Sarah Eichler, Sebastian Carnarius, Edgar Steiger, Dominik von Stillfried   +3 more
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Higher incidence of headache in patients with intermittent mucosal contact points between the septum and lateral nasal wall

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021
Introduction The nasal mucosal contact points between the two opposing mucosal surfaces leading to the headache had been a point of debate for many years; the intermittent and fixed contact points and their relationship with headache have never been ...
Ahmed Shaikh, Hamad Al Saey, Sara Ashkanani, Mansour Alsulaiti, Emad Alduhirat, Adham Aljariri, Maryam Abdulraheem, Shanmugam Ganesan   +7 more
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The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Outpatient Antibiotic Prescription Rates in Children and Adolescents—A Claims-Based Study in Germany

Antibiotics, 2022
The aim of the study was to examine whether the COVID-19 pandemic had any effect on antibiotic prescription rates in children in Germany. Using the nationwide outpatient prescription data from the Statutory Health Insurance from 2010 to 2021, changes in ...
Manas K. Akmatov, Claudia Kohring, Lotte Dammertz, Joachim Heuer, Maike Below, Jörg Bätzing, Jakob Holstiege   +6 more
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The impact of ambulatory care spending, continuity and processes of care on ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations [PDF]

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2022
AbstractAmbulatory care sensitive hospitalizations are widely considered as important measures of access to as well as quality and performance of primary care. In our study, we investigate the impact of spending, process quality and continuity of care in the ambulatory care sector on ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations in patients with type 2 ...
Wiebke Schuettig, Leonie Sundmacher
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Reliability of high‐resolution CT scan in diagnosis of ossicular tympanosclerosis

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021
Objectives To evaluate the reliability of high‐resolution CT scans (HRCT scans) in the diagnosis of tympanosclerosis and to determine its benefit to predict the post‐surgical hearing outcome based on comparing radiological and surgical findings.
Aisha Larem, Zaid Abu Rajab Altamimi, Adham A. Aljariri, Hassan Haidar, Ahmed Elsotouhy, Ali Alsaadi, Abdulsalam Alqahtani   +6 more
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Comorbidity profile of patients with concurrent diagnoses of asthma and COPD in Germany

Scientific Reports, 2020
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of concurrent diagnoses of asthma/COPD and examine its full spectrum of comorbid disorders in Germany.
Manas K. Akmatov, Tatiana Ermakova, Jakob Holstiege, Annika Steffen, Dominik von Stillfried, Jörg Bätzing   +5 more
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Glottic Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Case Reports in Oncology, 2021
Pleomorphic sarcoma of the larynx is a rare variant of laryngeal cancer. We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient who has been smoking for 40 years. He presented with signs and symptoms of an obstructive glottic mass.
Adham A. Aljariri, Abdulrahman R. Alsaleh, Hussain A. Al-Enazi, Hasan A. Haider, Mahir Petkar, Waheed Rahman, Abdulqadir Jeprel Nashwan   +6 more
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Congenital aplasia of cartilaginous nasal septum: A case report

Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2022
Congenital absent cartilaginous septum is an extremely rare condition. We are presenting a case of a 46 years-old female patient who presented with intermittent episodes of epistaxis, physical examination and radiology confirmed the lack of cartilaginous
Rani Hammoud, Rawan Azzam, Fatima Emam, Mashael Alhail   +3 more
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