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This review delves into the application and effectiveness of Very Brief Advice (VBA) for smoking cessation in Denmark's healthcare system. Despite some evidence, VBA's support remains limited, adopted by only a few hospitals and overlooked by many healthcare professionals. To enhance cessation efforts, we recommend elevating its status from optional to mandatory. Underlining VBA's significance as a referral catalyst is pivotal to ensuring its sustained influence within the broader cessation strategy., (Published under Open Access CC-BY-NC-BD 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.)

This review summarises the present knowledge of prophylactic progesterone and preterm birth. Preterm birth (less-than 37 weeks) is a leading cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity worldwide. The incidence varies globally but remains low in the Nordic countries (5-6%). Prediction and prevention are complicated due to diverse aetiology, but obstetric history and cervical length can improve prediction. Prophylactic vaginal progesterone initiated between 12 and 24 weeks of gestation is recommended to reduce preterm birth less-than 33-35 weeks in singleton pregnancies with a history of preterm birth or with a short cervix (less-than 25 mm) and can be considered for twin pregnancies with the same risk factors., (Published under Open Access CC-BY-NC-BD 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.)

In this retrospective study 56 dacryocystographies (DCG) were performed preoperatively in 50 patients with epiphora, due to obstruction in the lacrimal drainage system. We found DCG to be an easy and sufficient examination of patients with uncomplicated epiphora without suspicion of tumour. Tumours in the lacrimal drainage system are rare, and CT-scan or MR-imaging as a routine examination is not indicated. DCG provides a fair prediction regarding success rate of the dacryocystorhinostomy operation (DCR). We found the DCR to be successful in 91.7% when the obstruction was located distally, but only in 45.5% when the obstruction was in the canaliculi. Further investigations are necessary to clarify whether higher success rates after surgery can be obtained in patients with canalicular obstruction by using the DCG-findings more specifically when planning operation type.