This content is machine translated Wound treatment in children Special features in the care of pediatric patients Complex wounds in children present special challenges. Examples of complex wounds are: large-scale thermal injuries, wounds resp. Wound healing disorders in children with reduced immunity, wounds in children receiving intensive…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Testicular carcinoma Update 2018 Active surveillance is the preferred option postoperatively for stage I seminoma. In contrast, for non-seminoma stage I, adjuvant chemotherapy with one cycle of BEP is recommended (with risk factor of…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Functional dyspepsia Challenging diagnosis finding Functional dyspepsia is common and severely limits quality of life. The diagnosis is initially based on a thorough medical history. If there are no accompanying alarm symptoms, empiric therapy can…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Pacemaker Pacemaker knowledge for family physicians The most common indications for pacing are symptomatic second- and third-degree AV blocks, a sick sinus node with symptomatic pauses, and symptomatic chronotropic incompetence. To avoid patient hazards during surgery…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Update pressure ulcer Prevention and treatment in bio-psycho-social management A condensed overview of risk factors for pressure ulcer development in the bio-psycho-social model of international classification and measures for prevention. Condition of wounds and treatment recommendation in clear tabular…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Gynecological tumors Prevention, diagnostics, treatment and aftercare There are no established screenings for endometrial and ovarian cancer. Therefore, any woman with postmenopausal or atypical bleeding premenopausally must be examined and, if necessary, further clarified. Early ovarian cancer…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) Genetics and risk stratification for sudden cardiac death. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common hereditary heart muscle disease. The clinical picture ranges from asymptomatic patients to manifest heart failure and sudden cardiac death (SCD). The mainstay of…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) A dangerous and often unrecognized heart failure It is common for the diagnosis of PPCM to be made only in cardiogenic shock because of rapid exacerbation of heart failure or misinterpretation of symptoms as pregnancy-related or postpartum…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Infarct patients Medication follow-up in the family doctor’s office After acute treatment in the center hospital, the therapy of infarct patients is not complete. In addition to lifestyle changes, treatment of blood pressure, cholesterol, or any heart failure, antithrombotic…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Alternative to prosthetic heart valve replacement Complete reconstruction of the aortic valve with autologous pericardium Aortic valve stenosis is the most common valve disease in the Western population. Surgical correction by reconstruction has been used almost exclusively for aortic valve regurgitation. With the TriRec procedure,…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Therapy approaches Mind-expanding substances as new possibilities for therapy Affective disorders and stress-related illnesses are an increasing global health care challenge with rising socioeconomic costs. A considerable proportion of patients do not respond or respond only temporarily to the…
