This content is machine translated Casuistry 63-year-old with tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica This case study concerns an elderly patient who was admitted to hospital due to a cough with bloody sputum. After lengthy investigations, a diagnosis of tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica was made. This...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline Management of acute coronary syndrome Every day, thousands of patients worldwide enter emergency departments with acute chest pain, shortness of breath or atypical symptoms. The differential diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is always one...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Diabetes-related cardiovascular diseases Ferroptosis: key mechanisms and novel therapeutic approaches The global increase in diabetes mellitus is leading to a parallel increase in the incidence of cardiovascular complications, which remain the leading cause of death in this patient group. In...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pathogens in the brain When infections trigger strokes Infectious strokes are rarer than those caused by classic vascular risk factors, but play a significant role, particularly in resource-poor regions. Bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic pathogens can directly damage...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Prevalence, pathogenesis and individual treatment strategies Epilepsy in multiple sclerosis Epileptic seizures are one of the more frequently overlooked comorbidities in multiple sclerosis (MS). Recent studies have shown that the rate of epilepsy among MS patients is about twice as...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis X-ray images Dyspnea – funnel chest A funnel chest is a deformity of the ribcage that is caused by a growth disorder of the bone and cartilage tissue. Physical symptoms do not always occur, but the...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Journal Club: Drinking restriction in heart failure First large-scale study found no differences Patients with heart failure are often recommended to drink a maximum of 1.5 liters of fluid per day. However, the benefits of this measure have hardly been scientifically proven to...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Therapy adherence and patient selection Injection fatigue in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis Injection fatigue and needle aversion are among the underestimated barriers in the treatment of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Current real-world analyses show a significantly lower persistence of injectable...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Work-related asthma When the job leads to exacerbations Asthma attacks caused by occupational exposure are very common in adults with asthma. Although previous studies have mainly focused on occupational asthma (OA), interest in work-exacerbated ast hma (WEA) has...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives Metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia Patients with schizophrenia not only suffer from severe psychological symptoms, but also have a dramatically increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases. The interplay of disease-associated mechanisms, genetic predispositions and exogenous influences...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Cystic fibrosis Small spray – big footprint Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a major challenge. Inhalers have a significant impact on the environment due to their greenhouse gas emissions. However, inhalation therapy plays a fundamental and essential...…
