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AUTHOR
H. Binder
NOROVIRUS GASTROENTERITIS IS AN IMPORTANT CAUSE OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN GERMANY
Noroviruses are the most important global cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE). Testing for norovirus in patients hospitalized with AGE is incentivized in Germany because a positive diagnosis impacts reimbursement. We estimated the number of nosocomial infections overall and by age-group for norovirus gastroenteritis (NGE) using federal German databases. All hospitalizations in Germany are registered with the German Federal Statistics Office (DESTATIS). We extracted aggregate data for patients hospitalized with NGE (ICD-10 codes A08.1) as primary or non-primary diagnosis for the period 2007–2012. Cases with a non-primary diagnoses were assumed to be due to nosocomial infection.
The Impact of Radiotherapy Protocol Adherence on the Treatment Outcome in Patients With Locally Advanced NSCLC Treated With Concurrent Chemoradiation: Results From the Radiotherapy Quality Assurance of the International Randomized PET-Plan Trial
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) The success of intensification and personalization of the curative treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is strongly associated with the precision in radiotherapy (RT) treatment, which must therefore follow high standards. Herein we evaluate the impact of RT protocol adherence in the prospective international multicenter trial on curative treatment of NSCLC. MATERIALS/METHODS In the open-label, randomized, controlled PET-Plan trial, patients with inoperable NSCLC were randomized at a 1:1 ratio regarding the target volume delineation informed by ¹⁸F-FDG PET and CT plus elective nodal irradiation (Arm A) or target volumes informed by PET alone (Arm B) and receiv…