This content is machine translated Chronic hepatitis C New drugs are expensive, but cure many patients Chronic hepatitis C is one of the most common causes of advanced liver disease and liver transplantation in Switzerland. For people with chronic HCV infection, however, the situation has improved…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Mostly harmless, but burdensome Gastrointestinal complaints during pregnancy Nausea, reflux and other functional gastrointestinal symptoms are common in pregnancy and can often be managed with dietary or lifestyle modification. Drug interventions, although safe for mother and child, are…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Update Refresher General Internal Medicine Tips and tricks for gastroenterological issues At the Update Refresher General Internal Medicine, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for various gastroenterological diseases were discussed. Among other things, the common clinical pictures of chronic constipation and diarrhea were…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Part 2 - Clarification of gastrointestinal complaints Referral to gastroenterology functional laboratory: who, when, why? In gastrointestinal functional diagnostics, such as high-resolution manometry, great progress has been made in recent years. The new technologies provide an objective description of gastrointestinal function and often an explanation…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Diabetes therapy Status of bariatric and metabolic surgery. Bariatric and metabolic surgery is not only one, but the most effective treatment option for overweight type 2 diabetic patients. For the most important procedures performed today (gastric bypass Y-Roux…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stomach cancer One-third fewer cases of disease through eradication? Approximately 90% of all gastric cancer cases are associated with Helicobacter pylori infections. Eradication of these pathogens in healthy asymptomatic individuals or in the general population appears to reduce the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated How does the immunochemical test perform in colorectal cancer screening? Mortality reduction is seen earlier than with guaiac-based assays Screening programs using the guaiac-based fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) for early detection of colorectal cancer are known to result in a reduction in disease-specific mortality. Testing methods based on…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Part 1 - Clarification of gastrointestinal complaints Referral to gastroenterology functional laboratory: who, when, why? Changes in bowel habits, abdominal pain, bloating, stomach burning, and dysphagia are common complaints that patients see their primary care physician about, often leading to referral to a gastroenterologist. Challenges…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Radiochemotherapy as therapy of choice Anal carcinoma: diagnostics and current treatment concepts Risk factors for anal carcinoma include female sex, human papillomavirus infections, promiscuity/anal intercourse, smoking, and immunosuppression (e.g., HIV infection). If there are abnormal findings on inspection, palpation, and/or anoscopy, the…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated From adjuvant to neoadjuvant radio/radiochemotherapy. Multimodal therapy of rectal cancer Analogous to the S3 guideline of the DKG 2014, recommendations can be made depending on the stage. Stage I: Here, total mesorectal excision (TME) alone is standard. Stage II and…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Early detection of colorectal cancer Colonoscopy: who, when, for everyone? Colonoscopy is the gold standard of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), preventing 70-80% of CRC. Screening colonoscopy is covered by health insurance for moderate-risk individuals starting at age 50 and…
