This content is machine translated Respiratory Vitamin D brings small benefit In 2017, a meta-analysis of data from 25 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) found a protective effect of this…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Joint diagnostics: central calcaneal pain – fatigue fracture of the calcaneus Fatigue fracture often occurs in inexperienced hikers and in recruits at the beginning of their military service. Therefore, the fatigue fracture at the metatarsal bone is also called march fracture.…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Advanced urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder Systemic therapy With approximately 1150 new cases annually in Switzerland, urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder is one of the most common cancers of older age. Particularly in the metastatic setting, it… CME-Test
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated TRK Inhibitors Entity-independent cancer therapy: a glimpse of the future? Since 2020, two TRK inhibitors have been approved in Switzerland for tumor diagnosis, i.e. independent of tumor entity. They are designed to treat any solid tumor with NTRK gene fusions,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Non-small cell lung cancer The role of adjuvant EGFR TKIs. Over the past several years, tyrosine kinase inhibitors directed against EGFR have gained acceptance as first-line treatment for advanced NSCLC with EGFR mutation. However, their role in adjuvant therapy of…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) Underdiagnosed and underestimated Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in the Western world. In distinction to alcoholic fatty liver disease, alcohol consumption in NAFLD should be at a…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Statistics in 5 minutes Short and sweet: the positive predictive value The positive predictive value is of great importance in the interpretation of medical tests. For example, someone who tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 is not necessarily infected. The question of the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Osteopenia Prevent bone loss – avoid vitamin D deficiency Osteoporosis and osteomalacia are two metabolic bone diseases that reduce bone mass. In osteoporosis, there is a decrease in bone mass, but the ratio between bone mineralization and bone matrix…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy Patient-centered pharmacotherapy of epilepsy. The arsenal of available pharmacotherapies for the treatment of epilepsy has expanded dramatically in recent years. More targeted selection and prioritization based on the form of epilepsy, consideration of comorbidities,… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Exogenous allergic alveolitis Don’t play the bagpipes in the Jacuzzi Exogenous allergic alveolitis (EAA) is in itself a very rare disease. So when we talk about common and rare triggers of EAA, we are dealing with very small numbers of…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated S2k guideline: Treatment of thermal injuries in adults Burn depth is decisive for treatment strategy Thermal injuries are common and can be momentous. The goals of wound care are low-pain treatment and rapid healing with as few scars as possible. The guideline of the German…
