This content is machine translated Often recognized and treated too late Acute porphyrias – update on diagnosis and therapy Porphyrias are a group of very rare, genetically determined metabolic diseases with a disorder of heme biosynthesis. The typical symptom triad in a relapse consists of abdominal pain, cerebral symptoms,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Update for the family doctor The patient requiring dialysis Due to the increasing aging of the population as well as improved medical care, the number of patients undergoing renal replacement procedures has increased in recent years. At the end…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Diabetes The infected diabetic foot – diagnosis and treatment Infections in diabetic foot syndrome are common, cause high morbidity, and often require long hospitalizations with multiple surgical procedures, up to and including loss of a limb. The etiology is…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Bronchial asthma Exertion asthma and sports If shortness of breath occurs during exercise, exercise-induced asthma should always be considered. Typical symptoms of exercise-induced asthma include whistling breathing, shortness of breath, and/or coughing during or after exercise.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAVK) Importance and possibilities of less invasive interventional therapy. Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease increases. 5-year mortality in asymptomatic and symptomatic PAVK is twice that in patients without PAVK. Screening and initial diagnosis possible with simple means. Drug treatment…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Time is Brain Update on acute treatment of ischemic stroke. Acute treatment of ischemic stroke has made tremendous progress in the past two decades. Clinical research milestones include intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and mechanical recanalization. IVT is performed after ruling out…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in AHF Transitioning adolescents with congenital heart disease Transition of adolescents with congenital heart disease is a continuous and interdisciplinary process. Individual maturity and autonomy of patients influence the course of the transition process (“no absolute age limits”).…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Laser practice Laser: How to perform Laser Developments in the field of dermatological lasers are very dynamic with a large number of newly launched systems. The how to of an implementation of laser interventions requires training, alignment…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated AHF and its complications Follow-up of children with congenital heart defect Congenital heart defects are the most common organ malformation in children. Every cardiac defect requires pediatric cardiology evaluation and classification. Specialized pediatric cardiology follow-up is essential throughout childhood and adolescence…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Earlier and more often? Epidural spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain. Spinal cord stimulation is a neurosurgical, evidence-based, minimally invasive, and safe electrical neuromodulatory method for the treatment of chronic pain. Interdisciplinary patient selection and indication after multimodal therapy trials are…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Rheumatoid arthritis A multisystem disease and its dermatological changes It’s only when you get into rheumatoid arthritis and all of its facets that you realize how multifaceted this disease can be and that it plays into dermatology in so…
