This content is machine translated Anemia as a common problem in tumor disease Causes, diagnosis and therapy of anemia in cancer patients Anemia is a common but underestimated and consequently inadequately treated problem in tumor patients. Anemia has a major impact on patients’ quality of life, treatment, and prognosis. Unfortunately, anemia is…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Early detection and early treatment of psychosis Phase-specific intervention as early as possible is critical The goals of early detection include preventing or delaying the transition to manifest disease and reducing preexisting symptoms or daily impairments. A risk for psychosis includes at least one attenuated…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Treatment of brain metastases Surgery, radiosurgery, or conventional radiotherapy? Brain metastases are a local problem that can often be addressed well with local therapy. Because of the risk of intraoperative tumor seeding, surgical resection must be supplemented with conventional…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Polypharmacy in geriatric patients Risks and practical aspects of handling multiple medications Polypharmacy is a rapidly growing problem. It mainly affects geriatric patients. Multimorbidity is the most important cause. The dangers are adverse drug reactions, which not infrequently lead to emergency hospitalizations,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Pain and swelling after eating Current diagnostics and treatment of salivary stones By no means every patient who visits the doctor with swellings of the large salivary glands suffers from a viral or bacterial inflammation. The cause of swelling can also be…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Normal and pathological findings CSF diagnostics in infectious diseases of the central nervous system Central nervous system (CNS) infections often lead to changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF examination allows not only the detection of inflammation in the CNS and thus the localization of…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Therapy update on atrial fibrillation Important concepts and new paradigms in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a dynamic arrhythmia that requires individual and broad investigations and therapeutic approaches. Comprehensive treatment of atrial fibrillation patients is based on five pillars: 1. prevention of thromboembolic…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Therapy of plaque psoriasis Antipsoriatics – from skin to luxury problems? In an interview with DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS, Dr. med. Simon Müller, senior physician in dermatology at the University Hospital Basel, talks about the topic “Therapy of plaque psoriasis”. In doing so,…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Current overview of sarcoma treatment Therapy options for sarcomas Sarcomas are rare malignant connective tissue tumors. Therapy is multidisciplinary and should be performed at sarcoma centers. In Switzerland, all sarcoma disciplines have organized themselves on a national level (www.sarcoma.ch).…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated The prostate is not always to blame Obstructive micturition problems in men – State of the art. The term “benign prostatic syndrome” (BPS) describes micturition symptoms associated with the prostate. The term “benign prostatic hyperplasia” (BPH), formerly frequently used to describe micturition symptoms, describes only a histological…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Fitness for work and sport with congenital vitias Discuss career options early and realistically Recommendations and counseling on career exploration and vocational suitability must be provided to patients with congenital heart defects during adolescence and are important prerequisites for a successful career and vocational…
