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Working during pregnancy and breastfeeding is a special situation for both the employee and the employer/supervisor. The amended version of the Maternity Protection Act (MuSchG), which came into force on January 1st, 2018, protects the health of women and their children while working, training or studying during pregnancy, after giving birth and while breastfeeding. Women should be able to continue their employment or related activities during this time without jeopardising their health or that of their child. This law was furthermore reformed to prevent discrimination against the working mother during this time. In order to create the best and safest possible framework conditions for employment during pregnancy and breastfeeding, the DGHNO-KHC and the BVHNO would like to present a "general positive list" and a "positive list for surgical activities" as part of this statement, which should serve as a guideline for all relevant parties. This agreed positive list is intended to enable pregnant and breastfeeding doctors to carry out patient-related activities as well as head and neck surgeries in accordance with the MuSchG of 2018. Hereby, affected colleagues should have the opportunity to continue working self-determined., Competing Interests: Frau Dr. Sharma gibt an: Advisory Board Merck Die Autorinnen/Autoren geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht., (Thieme. All rights reserved.)

Background: German health policy has propagated an expansion of outpatient surgeries and procedures and initiated the discussion about this. Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery offers opportunities to provide currently inpatient procedures on an outpatient basis., Methods: The German Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and the German Professional Association of Otorhinolaryngologists established working groups to assess and evaluate the ENT-specific aspects of shifting services to the outpatient setting. The working groups were given the task of developing and considering organizational, structural and personnel definitions of quality assurance., Recommendation: Facts were determined in detail, which exclude an ambulatory operation in the ENT-specialty. This was based on both surgery-related and patient-related facts. Finally, operations were named which can be performed as outpatient operations., Discussion: An evaluation was performed from the ENT specialist's perspective. A prerequisite for outpatient treatment is a reorganization of remuneration. The current DRG and EBM system do not provide a satisfactory framework for this, and the EBM does not allow for the economic provision of surgical interventions in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery. The development of an appropriate financing model is as imperative for a successful implementation as the integration and financing of further training of ENT physicians., Competing Interests: Die Autorinnen/Autoren geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht., (Thieme. All rights reserved.)

Background and Objective: The risk of falling increases with age. The problem of falls in medical care constantly rises in priority due to demographic changes in Germany. Therefore, the risk of falling should be assessed in all patients. The present study was intended to evaluate the frequency of falls in daily ENT outpatient medical care and the importance of risk factors., Patients/methods: A multicentre study was performed in six outpatient facilities based on a survey of falls and fall risk factors in patients living at home (n = 673) aged 60 years and older., Results: Falls are a frequent problem in the elderly. A total of 23% had one and 13.7% more than one fall within the previous year. Of these, 15% suffered injury, while only 13% used some form of fall prevention. Joint pain and problems of the hip and lower extremities (42.6%), abnormal gait (41.3%), dizziness and balance disorders (38%) as well as impaired activities of daily living (35%) are the most common risk factors for falls and multiple falls in all age groups. Impaired hearing is a fall risk factor in elderly patients., Conclusions: Falls are a frequent problem in patients in ENT outpatient medical care. Fall prevention is advisable in the context of an interdisciplinary approach.