This content is machine translated Irritable Bowel Syndrome Therapy of IBS according to the biopsychosocial model Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the lower digestive system, and the disorder is more common in women than in men. IBS is one of the most… CME-Test
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Malignant melanoma Adjuvant Therapy: State of the Art The annual incidence of malignant melanoma has steadily increased over the past 40 years. While the prognosis is good in the early stages, it worsens as the tumor stage increases.… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Dementia Clarification in practice Questions about brain performance due to subjective complaints or environment-reported cognition problems are increasingly common in primary care consultations. This is due to demographic developments. Dementias increase with age: 75-… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Alopecia Histology of alopecia If alopecia cannot be clearly diagnosed on the basis of clinical assessment, a specimen biopsy may be informative. If non-scarring alopecia is suspected, collection of two specimens for vertical and… CME-Test
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Domestic violence Victims rarely confide The total number of violent crimes related to domestic violence (HG) has been steadily increasing in Switzerland since 2011. On average, one person dies every two weeks in Switzerland due… CME-Test
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Psychotherapy Conflict management with patients from foreign cultures A physician’s transcultural understanding of his/her patients from other cultures can help him/her understand, among other things, problems of transcultural marriages, prejudice and its management, illness, and symptoms originating in… CME-Test
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Asthma therapy The mild bronchial asthma Bronchial asthma is a heterogeneous, multifactorial disease characterized by chronic airway inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Not only the symptomatology, but also the airway obstruction is variable in time course and… CME-Test
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Drug interactions What the family doctor needs to know Patients would make the title of this post more authoritative: Do my physicians safely protect me from avoidable risks due to inappropriate combination of drugs? This illustrates the standard to… CME-Test
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Kidney diseases What to do in case of chronic creatinine increase? The proportion of patients with CKD increases sharply with age. The most common causes are diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension. Early onset of secondary complications can significantly affect the prognosis.… CME-Test
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Tuberculosis Hygiene in TB – facts and myths Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly rare in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. For example, only 4791 cases of tuberculosis were reported in Germany in 2019, an incidence of 5.8 new cases per… CME-Test
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis Effective and efficient against pain The anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody ixekizumab has already been approved since 2016 for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. In 2020, axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) was added… CME-Test
