Dtsch Arztebl Int
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Observational Study
Evaluation of Pain-Related Outcomes After Outpatient Surgical Procedures.
Approximately 8.1 million outpatient surgical procedures were performed in Germany in 2021. Little is known about the quality of postoperative pain treatment in the outpatient sector. ⋯ These data have not been tested for representativeness. They can serve as a point of departure for the optimization of individualized perioperative pain therapy and for the planning of prospective studies.
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3% of all children are unusually short, and 3% are unusually tall. New approaches have broadened the range of therapeutic options in treating growth disorders. ⋯ There are new options for the treatment of rare causes of short stature, while new information on the safety of treatment strategies for excessive tallness have led to a reconsideration of surgical intervention. There is insufficient evidence on the benefits and risks of supraphysiological GH therapy and of newer treatment options for which there are as yet no robust data on adult height. Therefore, before any treatment is provided, physicians should give patients and their families detailed information and discuss their expectations from treatment and the goals that treatment can be expected to achieve.