This content is machine translated Organ Donation Current figures and a campaign are encouraging In Switzerland, 187 people donated organs after their death last year. 637 people received an often life-saving organ, 115 came from a living donation. However, relatives often refuse a donation...…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Diabetic ketoacidosis Recommendations for action in practice Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acutely life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs predominantly in type 1 diabetes, but is also increasingly occurring in people with type 2 diabetes. A… CME-Test
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Organ Donation Current figures and a campaign are encouraging In Switzerland, 187 people donated organs after their death last year. 637 people received an often life-saving organ, 115 came from a living donation. However, relatives often refuse a donation…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Palliative care symptom and needs assessment. What screening tools are helpful? In view of the new and mostly well-tolerated therapies, the palliative life and treatment time of oncological patients is increasingly extended. It is a major challenge to identify patients in… CME-Test
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Rehospitalization Analysis of unplanned readmissions to acute care hospitals. In 2021, how often did an unplanned rehospitalization occur after a stay in a Swiss acute care hospital? The answer can be found in the evaluations published by the National…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Palliative care symptom and needs assessment. What screening tools are helpful? In view of the new and mostly well-tolerated therapies, the palliative life and treatment time of oncological patients is increasingly extended. It is a major challenge to identify patients in… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Chronic wounds Wound-QoL for progression assessment – MCID as a practice-relevant parameter Chronic wounds are usually associated with a significant reduction in quality of life (QoL). Within the framework of qualified wound management, an improvement in QoL is also sought. The Wound-QoL…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Palliative care symptom and needs assessment. What screening tools are helpful? In view of the new and mostly well-tolerated therapies, the palliative life and treatment time of oncological patients is increasingly extended. It is a major challenge to identify patients in… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Stroke Not on the brain – the latest findings on strokes The latest scientific findings on strokes were once again the focus of Europe’s largest stroke conference. As the world’s leading forum for advances in research and clinical care of patients…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Recommendations and guidelines Oxygen in acute therapy In hypoxemia, the partial pressure of oxygen or oxygen content in arterial blood is decreased, while in hypoxia there is an undersupply of oxygen to tissues and organs. Tissue hypoxia… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hymenoptera venom allergy Summer, sun, insect bite Hymenoptera venom allergy – commonly called insect venom allergy – is one of the so-called “Big 3” of severe allergic reactions, along with food and drug allergies. No one is…
