Biomedical subjects
R Rentsch
Publications and source records attributed to R Rentsch.
[Problems of instituting insulin therapy in advanced age].
The population of diabetics of a district was analysed concerning the age structure, the proportion of the insulin-dependent patients as well as the insulin-dependent diabetics older than 60 years were analysed with regard to the degree of the realization of insulinisation. 13.8% of all diabetics with an age older than 60 years are insulin-dependent. In 71.5% of them the insulinisation is realized. Only in 43% of all insulin-dependent older diabetics an autoinjection of insulin is possible. The results are discussed and propositions for changing the situation are submitted.
[Significance and scope of interdisciplinary cooperation in the specialty of internal medicine (inpatients)].
In a department of internal medicine of a district hospital all consultations given by representatives of non-internal medical specialties and by specialized or highly specialized representatives of the subject of internal medicine in a period of five months were registered. In 29% of all patients attended in the period of observation consultation achievements were demanded. 65% of these achievements could be realized by physicians working in hospitals or outpatient departments of the district. 23% of the consultations were carried out by specialists from institutions conducted by county authorities. 11% of the consultations were carried out by highly specialized physicians of university clinics and academy institutes. The investigation confirms the high significance of the inter-disciplinary cooperation for the subject of internal medicine. cooperation for the subject of internal