Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Mar 2024
[A desperate family member. Suggestions for a successful interaction].
In everyday clinical practice relatives are often perceived as an additional burden, as a problem. Relatives appear, for example, to be overwhelmed, desperate, (co-)affected, demanding, or in some cases even (verbally) abusive. ⋯ Such judgements are often made intuitively and without reflection and are therefore a permanent obstacle to further communication on the ward. This article is therefore intended to provide a deeper understanding of the situation of distressed relatives and to show ways of achieving a successful relationship with these relatives.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Mar 2024
[Reflux symptoms and upper abdominal pain: Reflux, Gastritis and whatever could be behind it].
Reflux symptoms and upper abdominal pain are very common symptoms in general population. Both symptoms are visceral and thus cannot be linked to an organ or a disease. Diagnostic work-up revealed organic disease in up to 30%, when patients present with dyspeptic symptoms. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and functional dyspepsia (FD) represent the most frequent and important disorders in western countries, when diagnostic work-up is done in patients with reflux symptoms and abdominal pain.