This content is machine translated Practice Management The homepage as a service tool for the patient Patient demands on the work of medical practices have changed significantly in recent years. After medical care and organization, services are now the third most important indicator for assessing the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic coronary syndrome Risk stratification in coronary artery disease – an update. Coronary CT is highly ranked for the work-up algorithm in the updated European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines. Calcification is an important prognostic indicator and has therapeutic implications. Among other…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated COPD therapy Biomarkers could facilitate many things 22-40% of all COPD patients experience at least one moderate or severe exacerbation annually. Patients with frequent exacerbations have a worse prognosis. A team of researchers has been looking at…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Lumbar pain: spondylolysis The cause of true bony fissure formation in the spine in the region of the interarticular portion, spondylolysis and consecutive spondylolisthesis vera, is a congenital bony defect of the articular…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Homeopathy Worse than its reputation? Homeopathy does not correspond to its “good reputation” among the population, neither according to objective criteria nor as a mere placebo method. There can be no question of it representing…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Diabetic kidney disease Canagliflozin approved in fast track for diabetic nephropathy Kidney protection is extremely important for diabetes sufferers. Recently, canagliflozin became the first SGLT-2 inhibitor in Switzerland to receive a marketing authorization extension to reduce the risk of progression to…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Inflammatory rheumatic joint diseases Broad spectrum of differential diagnoses A timely correct diagnosis can positively influence the course and treatment options. Auto-antibodies and other serological parameters are diagnostically valuable, but do not have high significance when considered in isolation.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SARS-CoV-2 How does the corona pandemic affect disease management in COPD? The basic tenor of the expert statements is that COPD patients should continue their therapy to prevent exacerbations and thus also avoid the need for a visit to the doctor…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic rhinosinusitis The right nose with biologics Rhinosinusitis is divided into two groups: chronic with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and those without (CRSsNP). It is a common disease, affecting about 11% of the population throughout Europe. Therapeutic options…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease. Current findings and expert cardiological opinion on ACE inhibitors and ARBs. There is some uncertainty among patients and experts as to whether ACE inhibitors and ARBs are associated with an increased risk. Empirical data on this are inconsistent, but there are…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Food intolerances “Top down” and “bottom up” diagnostics Intolerance to certain foods can be toxic, enzymatic, “pseudoallergic” or allergic and can manifest itself in many ways. An intolerance reaction, unlike a food allergy, is not life-threatening and occurs…
