Notfall Rettungsmed
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After taking a patient's history and physical examination, lung ultrasound can immediately reveal numerous causes and complications in patients suffering from respiratory tract infection and/or dyspnea. It can thus facilitate decisions on further diagnostic and first therapeutic procedures, even in patients with a SARS-CoV‑2 infection who present to the emergency room. This review article highlights the typical findings of lung ultrasound in patients with COVID-19 and discusses its value compared to other imaging methods.
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Notfall Rettungsmed · Jan 2020
Review[The German Protection Against Infection Act after entry into force of the German Measles Protection Act].
On 1 March 2020, the amendments to the German Protection Against Infection Act that were introduced by the act to protect against measles and strengthen vaccination prevention (Measles Protection Act) entered into force. The reason for the changes is that the number of individuals with measles has significantly increased in recent years. To protect public health, the Measles Protection Act has implemented regulations requiring that persons in certain institutions must either have adequate protection against measles or have immunity to measles. In this article the current legal situation with regard to health care facilities is presented.
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Notfall Rettungsmed · Jan 2020
[Erratum to: Strategy for university emergency room management at the beginning of an epidemic using COVID-19 as an example].
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1007/s10049-020-00759-8.].