This content is machine translated Endoprosthesis infections Prosthesis changes would often be avoidable with a quick diagnosis Prosthetic infections are becoming more and more important due to an increasing number of primary prosthetics. The primary care physician is usually the first point of contact for patients when…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Quantitative sensory testing in neuropathic pain. Comprehensive functional analysis of the somatosensory nervous system Pain is one of the most difficult symptoms to detect. Many other signs of disease, such as skin symptoms or paralysis, are visible, palpable, and thus objectifiable. In the assessment…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Current treatment strategies to halt progression. In most cases, multiple sclerosis is relapsing and can progress to a chronic progressive stage over time. Which therapy management is used depends not only on the individual circumstances but also…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The somewhat different knowledge Where does the name “Pancoast tumor” actually come from? The clinical picture of Pancoast tumor is widely known. But where does the somewhat strange name actually come from? We got to the bottom of it.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (CED) Two new biomarkers identified for targeted therapy Surrogate markers have an important role in the disease management of IBD. Researchers found evidence that microbial butyrate synthesis may predict therapeutic efficacy and thus play an important role in…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated COVID-19 Protection against infection in the doctor’s office As a meeting place of people from diverse habitats and -absections, the physician’s office represents a potential hotspot for infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The importance of good prevention is…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Subsegmental pulmonary emboli In need of therapy or clinically irrelevant? Pulmonary embolism (LE) is grouped together with deep vein thrombosis as venous thromboembolism. Whereas 50 years ago the diagnosis was usually made post-mortem or in the presence of definite clinical… CME-Test
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Surgical techniques Dermatosurgery of skin tumors for practice In view of the massive increase in skin cancer, dermatosurgery is also gaining in importance. Many skin cancer patients can be diagnosed and treated with biopsies and excisions in the… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Non-chemotherapy-induced neutropenia Isolated neutropenia: a clinical picture with many faces Neutropenia is a frequent guest in the practice as an independent clinical picture, but also as an accompanying symptom of many diseases and as an adverse drug reaction. The accompanying… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Visceral Surgery Update - Part 2 Lower gastrointestinal tract and perioperative management Approximately 60 per 1000 population undergo abdominal surgery annually. The majority of patients are initially evaluated and triaged in the primary care physician’s office. Part 2 of the Visceral Surgery… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Alginate as an as-needed add-on therapy increases patient satisfaction The standard therapy for treating all manifestations of reflux disease is proton pump inhibitors (PPI). Despite a high success rate, there are occasional patients with an insufficient response to therapy.…
