Purpose Emergency departments are frequently confronted with traumatic dental injuries (TDIs). The prognosis of the injured tooth is related to early dental trauma management. For this reason, physicians must be familiar with the appropriate management of TDI. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and skills of German emergency physicians regarding TDI. Methods An electronic questionnaire was sent to 438 emergency departments throughout Germany. Four hundred and twenty seven questionnaires were evaluated and included in the analysis. The survey contained questions about physician characteristics and assessed their knowledge and skills of managing dental trauma. For statistical analysis, the Kruskal–Wallis, Mann–Whitney U test or ANOVA test was used as appropriate. Rank correlations were performed with the Spearman’s rank correlation. Results Out of 427 participants, 256 (59.95%) stated they had no or insufficient knowledge, and 266 (71.12%) stated they had no skills in dental trauma management. Almost 76% of the participants had no previous knowledge of dentistry. Only 7.28% knew the right procedure for replanting an avulsed tooth. Just 26.06% would choose the right medium for temporary tooth storage. Having a dentist in the family (p = 0.0074) or clinical exposure to patients with dental trauma (p = 0.0384) influenced the results of the knowledge score. Conclusion The knowledge and skills in dental trauma management among German emergency physicians are generally inadequate. Targeted training courses are necessary to ensure early and adequate TDI treatment to reduce the resulting medical and societal costs as much as possible.
Beschäftigte an Innenraumarbeitsplätzen klagen immer wieder über Beschwerden, die sie einer zu trockenen Raumluft zuweisen. Über die tatsächlichen, medizinisch nachgewiesenen Auswirkungen trockener Luft auf die Gesundheit findet man teils sehr widersprüchliche Aussagen. In einer aktuellen Literaturstudie wurden nun die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse zu diesem Thema ermittelt. Der Studienfokus lag auf dem Einfluss von trockener Raumluft auf Haut, Augen und Schleimhäute der Atemwege von Beschäftigten an Innenraumarbeitsplätzen sowie der Übertragung krankheitserregender Keime in diesen Bereichen. Die Auswertung zeigte, dass besonders im Hinblick auf die Gesundheit der Haut und die Aktivität von Viren Effekte einer trockenen Luft auftreten. Auf Basis der aktuell zur Verfügung stehenden wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse lassen sich in Bezug auf die hier betrachteten Effekte zurzeit weder Mindestwerte für die Raumluftfeuchte noch allgemeine Empfehlungen zur Befeuchtung der Raumluft an Innenraumarbeitsplätzen in den Wintermonaten ableiten.
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