This content is machine translated Coronary heart disease (CHD) Blood pressure reduction – how deep is deep enough? Coronary artery disease correlates closely with arterial hypertension. Therefore, to prevent damage to the left ventricular myocardium or the risk of stroke, blood pressure should be lowered. Only how far?
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) Heart failure: who benefits from mechanical circulatory support A number of treatment options are available today for patients with chronic heart failure. It is not always easy to make the right choice.
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Altitude diseases Up high with children Acclimatization to increasing altitude results in various physiological adaptations. When are these non-pathological vs. pathological phenomena? What is known about prevention and treatment of altitude sickness in children and adolescents?
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Transplantation Living kidney donation – what to consider? Post-mortem donor organs are scarce. Experts are therefore increasingly turning to living donations – with advantages but also risks.
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Organ donation and transplantation Legal regulation and organization in Switzerland A lot has happened since the first tissue transplant. Not only that complete organs are now being transplanted. The transplantation was also put on legal footing.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Infectious proctitis in MSM. When a suspected inflammatory bowel disease is not one Sexually transmitted infections of the anorectum can mimic inflammatory bowel disease. For the correct diagnosis, the anamnesis interview should take place in a trusting and empathic atmosphere.
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Irritable Bowel Syndrome Stomach and intestine: sensitive high-performance organs Irritable bowel syndrome is the most common functional disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. This article provides an update on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy of this multifaceted symptom complex.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated State of the art - guidelines, modern treatment Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases: Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases place high demands on the treating physicians. Attention must be paid to a variety of factors. In addition, the focus is on the patient – his…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Sleep disorders in mental illness Insight into a bidirectional relationship It has been proven that there are bidirectional relationships between sleep disorders and mental illness. In recent years, sleep medicine research has gained numerous practical insights into these common clinical…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes Focus on heart & kidney: therapy choice in patients with limiting factors Classes of drugs with different mechanisms of action are available for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. However, the presence of renal or cardiac insufficiency, cardiovascular disease, or insulin deficiency…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Lymphogranuloma venereum Significant increase also in Europe Lymphogranuloma venereum has become much more common again in Europe in recent years. Especially among men who have sex with men, the disease seems endemic.
