This content is machine translated Smoking cessation Experts warn against e-cigarettes According to current data, there is no proven long-term benefit of using e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. The switch to electronic substitutes is merely a shift in addictive behavior and poses…
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 7 min This content is machine translated Extensive liver metastases in colorectal cancer. Chances for treatment? Removal of colorectal liver metastases is prognostic. Oncologic and surgical technical criteria are used to assess resectability.
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics The elderly cardiac patient – is maximal therapy appropriate? Demographic change also brings new challenges to medicine. Polymorbid patients require an individual and at the same time holistic approach. What treatment is appropriate in these cases and when should…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Oral mucosal diseases Interdisciplinary, diverse and complex Lesions of the mucosa may have localized causes, but may also be symptoms of systemic diseases. Thus, changes in the oral mucosa are also features of many skin diseases and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Neoplastic diseases The future of the treatment of tenosynovial giant cell tumors Tenosynovial giant cell tumor is a rare benign disease of the synovium in which there is marked tissue proliferation. Diffuse joint destruction with subsequent disability may result. The future may…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Antibiotic resistance Strategy against impending antibiotics crisis? Resistant germs are a major problem for doctors and patients worldwide. The development of a new substance, which is directed against a different target structure than previous drugs, is a…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Pleural diseases in thoracic sonography Etiological differentiation by means of sono As a serous layer, the pleura covers the thoracic organs and the inner skeletal side to the thoracic cavity. The small normal amount of pleural fluid responsible for non-irritant pleural…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Chronic kidney disease Effective blood pressure reduction helps prevent CKD Chronic kidney disease is a progressive disease closely associated with hypertension. In a large number of patients requiring renal replacement therapy, consistent blood pressure reduction could have prevented end-stage renal…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Inhalation therapy in childhood The right system for infant bronchi There are three main systems available for inhalation in children: Metered dose inhalers, dry powder inhalers and moist nebulizers. In addition, there are further developments of inhalers and systems with…
