This content is machine translated Focus: Lymphedema Lymphedema in conservative therapy Complex Physical Decongestion – manual lymphatic drainage combined with consistent compression – is the gold standard in the treatment of lymphedema. Overview of the classification of lymphedema and its stages…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Laboratory Medicine Emergencies relevant to practice In certain emergency situations in family practice, the rapid availability of laboratory values plays a crucial role, as laboratory values are of central importance in the process of establishing a…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Cardiac symptoms Clarification thorax pain Patients with chest pain require emergency evaluation for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Diagnostic cornerstones of ACS are clinical presentation, 12-lead ECG, and cardiac troponins. The 0/1 h algorithms recommended as…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Atrial fibrillation Current interventional therapy options Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the Western world. Interventional treatment shows promising results. A key role is played by pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Furthermore, there are…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Differential diagnosis of dyspnea Principles of clarification in the outpatient setting Dyspnea is a common symptom with a broad differential diagnosis. Further instrumental examinations should be planned based on the history and clinic. Knowledge of the exact mechanism is the basis…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Heart Failure Congress of the ESC, Paris “Mid-range heart failure” – what does it mean in practice? Systolic or diastolic heart failure? In 10-20% of heart failure patients, the answer to this question is: neither. You have heart failure with an ejection fraction in the “mid-range,” that…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Heart related complaints Palpitations Palpitations are a common symptom and usually of harmless etiology. A targeted history taking together with the clinical examination and the resting ECG allow to decide which patients should be…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Heart Failure Congress of the ESC, Paris New aspects to heart transplantation When all other options for heart failure therapy have been exhausted, the option of heart transplantation is still open for some patients. At the Heart Failure Congress of the European…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SGK/SGHC Annual Meeting in Baden Lipid profile – sober or not? Just over a year ago, a consensus statement from two European societies shook up the position of fasting lipid measurement. Concerns about lipid determination in the non-sober state appear largely…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 15th Zurich Review Course in Clinical Cardiology Hyperuricemia – only gout or also cardiorenal risk? Elevated uric acid in the blood can manifest as gout. Hyperuricemia is also being studied as an independent cardiorenal risk factor. At the Zurich Cardiology Review, the evidence situation was…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Percutaneous coronary intervention How to post-treat after PCI? The type and duration of combined antithrombotic therapy vary. Decisive factors are the clinical setting (stable CHD vs. ACS), the need for additional anticoagulation (e.g., atrial fibrillation), and the patient-specific…
