This content is machine translated Skin manifestations in children as markers for systemic diseases Sharpening the eye for important skin signs of systemic diseases In addition to infectious diseases, skin problems are one of the most common reasons for consultation in pediatrician and family practice, and dermatologists are also regularly confronted with pediatric patients.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Skin manifestations in internal diseases Cutaneous diagnosis finding – rich in tradition and worthwhile Dear colleagues. Dermatology owes its independence as a subject in good part to venereal diseases, especially syphilis.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Internal diseases in adults Skin examinations can serve as a tool for early detection Pathological changes of the skin and skin appendages are very common in the context of internal diseases. Dermatoses may precede such a disease as primary symptoms on the one hand,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Cervical Cancer Should the Swiss pension program be changed? Cervical carcinoma is in sharp decline in industrialized nations. The cytological cervical smear contributed to this. Nevertheless, cervical smear has been increasingly criticized. With the detection of HPV DNA, an…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Reflux and ulcer Proton pump inhibitors as first-choice therapeutic agents If alarm symptoms are present with reflux symptoms, esophagogastroduodenoscopy should be performed. Therapy is primarily by means of proton pump inhibitors (PPI). Probatory it is justifiable if there are no…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Female urinary incontinence Not every patient understands the same Urinary incontinence creates a high level of suffering. Yet many sufferers are reluctant to seek help. Less than half of the affected women want to talk about it, even though…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Obesity and contraception Contraindication for combined hormonal contraceptives? Women with obesity show an increased risk of poor contraception and unplanned pregnancies, as well as complications with hormonal contraceptives. Data regarding efficacy, effects on coagulation parameters and metabolism are…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Treatment of chronic and acute heart failure Innovations in the current ESC guidelines Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists are indicated in all stages of chronic heart failure symptomatic with beta-blockade and ACE inhibitor therapy. This is based on the EMPHASIS-HF study. Patients with heart failure…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Renal denervation New treatment for refractory arterial hypertension and more? In patients with refractory arterial hypertension, a detailed history, physical examination, and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure measurement should be performed, as well as laboratory analyses of serum electrolytes, glucose, and…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Arterial hypertension 2013 What’s new? With the publication of the new European guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of arterial hypertension, there has been some movement away from strict recommendations toward more flexibility and simplification…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Editorial Hypertension in 2013 High blood pressure remains the main risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in Europe and worldwide.
