This content is machine translated Casuistry Unusual lung tumors in clinical practice. The diagnosis and treatment of lung carcinomas is part of everyday pneumology. During the poster presentations at the 62nd Congress of the German Society of Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine e.V.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Grass pollen allergy Preventive effects of sublingual immunotherapy greatest in children Allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) is a causal immunomodulatory therapy. Effective hyposensitization can reduce the risk of impending “floor change” in allergic rhinitis. Current clinical studies confirm that allergy sufferers in children…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Hypertension Arterial Hypertension – “Hot Topics” for the Family Physician In current consensus recommendations of the European Hypertension Society. (ESH), the importance of blood pressure measurements outside the physician’s office is emphasized in the context of diagnosis and treatment. For…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Nail psoriasis A diagnostic challenge Nail psoriasis is the most common inflammatory dermatosis of the nail apparatus. Most often, but not always, nail infestation occurs together with skin psoriasis. Typical psoriasiform nail changes include spotted…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated AID systems Improved therapy for type 1 diabetes with new devices Increasingly, AID (Automated Insulin Delivery) systems are being used for automated or semi-automated insulin dosing in the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Through pump and sensor technology coupled with control…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer New options in advanced breast cancer While new lecture formats had to be established due to the Corona pandemic, substantial progress in research around cancer therapies remained constant, as evidenced by study results presented at EHA.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Iron deficiency Ferritin standard values vary according to patient population In certain underlying diseases such as heart failure or chronic kidney disease, transferrin saturation and soluble transferrin receptor should be determined in addition to serum ferritin levels. Inflammation is accompanied…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Influenza vaccination High age – high dose! Influenza is the most common vaccine-preventable infectious disease. Nevertheless, it consistently tops the list of infectious diseases in Europe – with the exception of the past two seasons, when the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Local therapy in HCC Interdisciplinary combination therapies on the rise Small changes made in the 2022 BCLC update may be of great impact in the local therapy of stage 0 to C HCC patients. Combination therapies and other interdisciplinary measures…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Interventional therapy methods Focus on functional mitral valve regurgitation Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR), unlike primary mitral regurgitation, is caused by ventricular dysfunction. Since it is always a consequence of left ventricular disease, optimal drug therapy for heart failure is…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Treatment strategies, diagnostic modules and biomarkers in view The multifaceted pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) offers a variety of targets for therapeutic intervention. In addition, a lot of research is being done to be able to make the…
