This content is machine translated Wound Management For wounds that do not heal, also consider rare causes There are very many different and sometimes rare causes of chronic wounds. Correct diagnosis is critical for adequate treatment. A biopsy is often useful for rare and unclear causes. Wound…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diabetes Management Evolution of insulin therapy – patients and practitioners benefit In Switzerland, the first rapid-acting and long-acting insulin analogues came onto the market about twenty years ago. These have been successively developed further, so that today a wide range of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hypothyroidism If the hypofunction is not yet noticeable Subclinical hypothyroidism is usually a laboratory diagnosis without significant symptoms and is defined by an elevated TSH with normal levels of free T3 and free T4. In laboratory controls after…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Cardio-renal-metabolic syndrome Targeted complication management in light of risk components. Patients with diabetes mellitus and obesity are at high risk for developing cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure. An interdisciplinary management of the cardiometabolic risk patient…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Type 1 diabetes The autoimmune polyglandular syndrome in the focus of attention Genetic predisposition plays a crucial role as a risk factor in type 1 diabetes and associated autoimmune disorders. In addition, antibody determination plays a key role in the diagnosis and…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Diabetes mellitus Focus on research, focus on care At the first hybrid annual meeting of the German Diabetes Association, this year everything revolved around the motto “Hand in hand to the goal – simple.better.measurable”. Around 7000 participants learned…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Recognize and understand wound biofilm Therapeutic possibilities and their limits Wounds colonized with biofilms are one of the greatest challenges in chronic wound care. An estimated 2% of the population in Central Europe suffer from chronic wounds, with the risk…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Wound Management Case reports of unusual wound infections Changing environmental conditions such as global warming are playing a role in the genesis of new, previously largely unknown infections. Thanks to state-of-the-art routine and specialized microbiological diagnostics such as…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes - update for the family doctor Aim for multifactorial rather than glucocentric treatment With regard to cardiac and renal protection, it is increasingly recommended to combine metformin initially with an SGLT-2 inhibitor or a GLP-1 receptor agonist. In contrast, sulfonylureas and DPP-4 inhibitors…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pompe's disease Further development of enzyme replacement therapy provides new treatment option New data from the open-label, long-term extension of the randomized, double-blind, Phase 3 COMET study show that people with late-stage Pompe disease (LOPD) maintained improvements in respiratory function and mobility…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Dysphagia – Struma colli Struma colli (“goiter”) is the name given to an enlargement of the thyroid gland of varying etiology. If goiter is clinically suspected, imaging techniques (scintigraphy, x-ray, CT, MRI) are informative.…
