This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – pancreatic pseudocyst Most pancreatic pseudocysts are associated with pancreatitis and regress spontaneously. If pseudocysts cause symptoms or lead to complications, they can be treated endoscopically-interventional or surgically. Pancreatic pseudocysts can be differentiated...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Case report: 72-year-old with pancytopenia and pyrexia Visceral leishmaniasis or autoimmune hepatitis? After the patient had been admitted to hospital for investigation of fever attacks, night sweats and an unintentional weight loss of 18 kg within six months, pancytopenia was diagnosed with...…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Neuromodulatory approaches Neurocardiology: key mechanisms and clinical implications Neurocardiology is a comparatively young, interdisciplinary field that deals intensively with the (patho-)physiological interactions between the nervous system and the cardiovascular system. The fact that emotions and stress can affect...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – chronic pancreatitis Upper abdominal pain of varying intensity is the main symptom of chronic pancreatitis. If acute or chronic pancreatitis is suspected, transabdominal sonography is an established examination method for assessing morphological...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Moderate to severe chronic hand eczema Delgocitinib cream – first topical pan-JAK inhibitor approved in Switzerland In the phase III DELTA 1 and 2 studies, delgocitinib cream showed a rapid onset of efficacy – at week 16, half of the patients achieved a 75% improvement in...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Study on tinnitus in everyday practice ENT specialists rely on Ginkgo biloba A retrospective cohort study published in 2024 analyzed how frequently ENT specialists prescribed ginkgo biloba extract, systemic corticosteroids or pentoxifylline to patients with newly diagnosed tinnitus. The analysis was based...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Severe asthma Anti-IL-5/-5Rα biologics impress in the real world Three biologics targeting interleukin 5 (IL-5) or its receptor (IL-5Rα) are approved for use in patients with severe asthma. In a meta-analysis, Greek scientists have now investigated the clinical response...…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Significance, diagnostics and treatment options for cardiology practice Coronary artery spasm and atherosclerosis Angina pectoris is traditionally regarded as the leading symptom of coronary sclerosis. Nevertheless, observations show that a relevant proportion of patients with typical angina symptoms have no hemodynamically significant stenoses...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic hand eczema Changing therapy landscape – a lot is happening Inflamed, itchy and sometimes painful skin lesions on the hands can significantly impair quality of life. If chronic hand eczema proves to be refractory to topical treatment, systemic therapy is...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Polygenic risk score can help identify COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of death in patients worldwide and yet often goes undiagnosed. Although genetic risk plays a significant role in susceptibility...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Bronchiectasis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection Statistically significant reduction in the frequency of exacerbations A chronic lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with an increased exacerbation and mortality rate in people affected by bronchiectasis. Inhaled antibiotics are frequently used in clinical practice to...…