This content is machine translated Cardiology The dawn of a new era Cardiology has evolved tremendously over the past decades. Interventional techniques and therapies have become safer and the results reproducible. Some of the surgeries that once required a sternotomy and heart-lung…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Anxiety disorders Cognitive behavioral therapy produces good treatment results Anxiety disorders, along with depression, are among the most common mental illnesses. It is not uncommon to see the doctor primarily for physical symptoms, such as palpitations, shortness of breath,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Bipolar disorders What is the procedure in practice? Diagnosis of bipolar disorder is complex and usually occurs late. Many bipolar people are misdiagnosed as unipolar depressive and treated only with antidepressants. The leading symptoms of mania (inadequate elevated…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Therapy algorithms Stratified therapy for bipolar disorder. Stratification of patients and treatment phases is an important method to treat patients with bipolar disorder quickly and effectively. The relatively low response rates and long treatment adjustment periods suggest…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Bipolar disorder Shorten lengthy trial-and-error phases The current issue of InFo NEUROLOGIE & PSYCHIATRIE provides you with a broad and informative overview of the topic of “Bipolar Disorder”: the epidemiology, mortality and familial clustering, diagnostic challenges…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Therapy of localized prostate carcinoma Brachytherapy with permanent interstitial implantation of iodine-125. The guidelines of the European and American urological societies for localized prostate cancer show that radical prostatectomy, “low dose rate” (LDR) brachytherapy, and external beam radiotherapy have comparable efficacy in…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Surgical therapy of pancreatic carcinoma Extended resections – vessels, neighboring organs, recurrences The only chance of long-term survival in pancreatic cancer is radical resection (R0) with adjuvant chemotherapy. To achieve radical resection, extended surgery with resection of the venous porto-mesenteric vessels as…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Current therapy 2014 Surgical update on colon and rectal cancer. In the case of colorectal carcinoma, surgery is still the only way to cure the disease. Primary therapy of colon carcinoma consists of oncologic resection of the tumor-bearing bowel segment.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Surgical update - colorectal and pancreatic cancers. What’s new? This current issue of InFo ONCOLOGY & HEMATOLOGY focuses on surgery for two important tumor entities: colorectal carcinoma and pancreatic carcinoma.
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Wound care Pain and anxiety need special attention in children In children, as in adults, wounds heal in different phases. Especially in the younger child, wound healing tends to be faster and with fewer complications. Fibroblasts are available more rapidly…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Multimodal arthrosis therapy Not only reduce pain, but also improve function Osteoarthritis is one of the most common degenerative diseases and a major cause of disability and quality of life limitations. The treatment of osteoarthritis is therefore of great importance, all…
