This content is machine translated Reflux Cases What to do if there is a fire when setting down? A 43-year-old patient discontinues the PPI as discussed with the physician after 14 days of therapy. The complaints return so violently that he continues the therapy on his own authority.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Editorial Swiss Oncology in Motion: Video-based online training courses Educational films in various modules for medical oncologists, hematologists and oncology specialists. Oncology is on the move – research is advancing rapidly and new insights into biology and therapy are…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Urticaria after gym classes – What’s behind it? A common subtype of inducible urticaria is cholinergic urticaria. Trigger factor is an increase in body temperature caused by physical exertion, hot baths or warm drinks. Emotionally upset mood is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Joint diagnostics: disc meniscus From symptom to diagnosis Menisci are components of joints and consist of cartilage tissue. An important function of the knee meniscus is secondary stabilization of the knee joint. The disc meniscus is an anatomical…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis CT-guided periradicular therapy (PRT) – a therapeutic digression. CT-guided PRT has become a recognized minimally invasive spine pain management procedure. It is an efficient, low-risk procedure with few side effects that can be performed on an outpatient basis.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Spine diagnostics Inflammatory muscular vertebral diseases Inflammatory myopathies may be idiopathic or pathogen-induced. It is also found concomitantly in collagenoses, granulomatoses, and malignant and paraneoplastic syndromes. Imaging diagnostics are primarily performed by magnetic resonance imaging, as…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Introduction spine diagnostics The spine is an essential part of the trunk skeleton. In the course of human life, it is exposed to permanent stress and in the different phases of life, image-morphologically…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Pollen allergy, insect venom allergy, and oral desensitizations in the 1960s and 1970s. A lot has happened since pollen desensitizations in the 1960s. A tour d’horizon of the most important medical historical highlights from several decades of allergology research and practice.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases Gastroesophageal reflux in family practice – What to do about residual symptoms? A 62-year-old patient with long-standing gastroesophageal reflux disease presents to the consultation. He reports that despite GERD therapy with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) at an adequate dosage (Pantozol 40…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Reflux Cases Connective tissue weakness as a signpost A 55-year-old patient complains of reflux symptomatology, but it is mainly manifested by atypical postprandial dyspnea with retrosternal pain accompanied by nausea.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Palpable mammary finding Attention: malicious! Mammography and sonography are two important procedures for the differential diagnosis of a mammary nodule detected by palpation. Digital tomosynthesis can further reduce the number of false results.
