This content is machine translated Measures for hearing loss Hearing aids, hearing amplifiers – which patient needs what? Hearing loss often goes unnoticed or uncompensated for a long time, but affects the lives of those affected in many ways. It is useful to systematically include questions about hearing…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Update burn treatment Which patients to treat yourself and which to send on? To assess the severity of the burn/scald, one needs an estimate of the area extent and depth of the burn after debridement. The degree of burn is determined by the…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Specific immunotherapy When, whom and how to treat? If neither exposure prophylaxis nor symptom-oriented medication can provide sufficient relief of allergic symptoms, specific immunotherapy (SIT) is indicated. A distinction is made between subcutaneous and sublingual SIT. Contraindications must…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Non-necrotizing granulomas Diagnosis and therapy of sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease of as yet unclear etiology. The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is based on the typical clinical presentation and histologic evidence of non-necrotizing epithelioid cell granulomas,…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Pulmonary emphysema When is interventional therapy indicated? Often, even “out of treatment” emphysema patients can be offered improvement in dyspnea and exercise capacity through a lung volume reducing procedure. The postinterventional beneficial effects after surgical or bronchoscopic…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Thymomas and thymic carcinomas Thymus tumors – diagnostics and therapy Thymic tumors are rare and belong to the so-called “orphan malignancies”. The annual incidence is approximately 0.15 per 100,000 persons. The latest classification distinguishes three major groups: Thymomas, thymic carcinomas…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Advanced training course in aesthetic dermatology Botulinum I – Basics Botulinum toxin (BTX) has evolved from a former ophthalmic drug with a limited therapeutic spectrum to a drug with worldwide distribution. It has a presynaptic inhibitory effect on the release…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Medicine and genetics Genetic counseling – when and for whom? Genetic counseling is voluntary, open-ended, non-directive, and comprehensive. The question is defined by the person seeking advice in his or her personal context. Anamnestic diagnoses must be questioned and checked…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Introduction to the new series Science comes from creating knowledge – also in aesthetic dermatology! Aesthetic dermatology is molting! Condemned as an “enfant terrible” just a few years ago, many dermatologists have now realized that it’s not such a bad thing. Fears that aesthetic dermatology…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Health and profession Airworthiness of pilots with cardiac problems The aeromedical examinations of pilots and pilot candidates in Switzerland are based on the requirements of EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency); this is EU law [1–3]. The decision regarding airworthiness…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Help via Internet Online interventions for cancer patients Internet-based interventions can help patients with certain diseases. The advantages of online interventions are their low-threshold nature, independence of time and place, and the absence of waiting times. In Switzerland,…
