This content is machine translated Diagnosis of COPD Spirometer in family practice very important COPD is an ancient condition, but was not defined in the way we understand it today until the relatively recent GOLD criteria. The definition is not based on the WHO…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated HIV therapy What is State-of-the-ART 2013? The diagnosis of HIV is no longer a death sentence, because the infection can be treated with antiretroviral combination therapy. The following article shows when which therapy should be started…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Travel medicine Do you know which vaccinations are necessary and which are recommended? Not all vaccinations that are recommended are really necessary and useful for every patient. A detailed review of vaccinations for travel has recently been published [1]; this article characterizes the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Eradication by vaccination Utopia or eutopia? Eradication, in the case of infectious diseases, means achieving an incidence of zero. This article addresses the question of whether eradication by vaccination is a utopia or an eutopia, and…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Insect venom allergy The risk increases with the frequency of stings Now they fly again, the bees and the wasps. While bees are bred and sheltered, wasps generally have a bad reputation. However, most insects from the order Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera) only…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic pain Breaking the vicious circle On average, it takes seven years to consider multi-causality of chronic pain and appropriate multimodal therapy. This is often not done on the basis of positive findings, but according to…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Differential diagnosis dementia Genesis and differentiation of dementia from depression and delirium The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s dementia, which is chronically progressive and primarily shows memory impairment. After initial exclusion diagnosis by the primary care provider, differential diagnosis should…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Burnout - Eating disorders - Pain Three different themes? Breaking the vicious circle – a central mechanism of therapy for all three diseases covered in detail in this issue of InFo NEUROLOGIE&PSYCHIATRIE.
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics and therapy of anorexia and bulimia nervosa When food becomes a problem Dissatisfaction with one’s appearance and dieting behaviors, combined with disturbances in self-esteem, emotion regulation, and problems in relationships, can promote the onset of eating disorders at critical life stages. Recent…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Burnout Put a stop to the creeping process Burnout has been conceptualized by occupational psychologists and, in terms of a syndromal approach, comprises the three dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization/cynicism, and reduced subjective performance evaluation, which is associated…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Minimally invasive nail surgery Pro nail plate preservation, contra extraction and wedge excision Both most patients and many doctors are uncomfortable with surgical procedures on the nail because they fear – not without good reason – pain and postoperative dystrophy. There are a…
