This content is machine translated New and old on psoriasis and associated diseases Psoriasis – a disease that affects the whole body. Psoriasis is a chronic disease not only of the skin, but of the entire body. The etiology of psoriasis is due to genetic factors, but also environmental factors. In recent…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Lower radiation exposure to the surrounding organs Proton therapy: When and for whom? Radiotherapy with protons can replace photon radiotherapy in tumor treatment concepts. Due to the finite range of the proton beam, unnecessary radiation exposure to surrounding organs can be avoided. Children…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Brain death What is the basis for brain death diagnostics in Switzerland? According to Article 9 of the Transplantation Law, a person is dead when the function of the brain, including the brain stem, has irreversibly failed. In principle, brain death can…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated The focus is often on the quality of life Oncological therapies in elderly patients A geriatric assessment optimizes health status assessment and provides a basis for oncology treatment decisions. Oncological therapies for localized and advanced tumor stages have evolved considerably in recent years, expanding…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Laboratory medicine - prenatal medicine New promising methods of prenatal diagnostics Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) provides a new reliable method for early detection of the most common aneuploidies. The sensitivity and specificity of NIPT for the detection of fetal trisomy 21…
View Post 7 min 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…
