This content is machine translated Basics of patient education Promotion of self-management Patient education is an educationally structured person-centered learning process that supports people living with chronic illnesses in particular to manage their own health, based on their own resources and supported… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rheumatologic overlap syndrome When RA, SSc and SLE strike together Overlap syndromes, which include systemic scleroderma (SSc), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), are rare. When the symptoms of the three autoimmune diseases occur simultaneously, this overlap poses…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Obesity Possibilities of nutritional therapy The prevalence of people with overweight and obesity in Europe is almost 60%, and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that obesity is (partly) responsible for around 1.2 million deaths… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Screening for IgG antibodies against B. burgdorferi How high is seroprevalence in children and adolescents? Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infection in the northern hemisphere. On average, around 5-30% of ticks in Switzerland are infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi). The literature contains…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Treatment of Legionnaires' disease Findings from the Swiss LEGIO multicenter study The number of Legionnaires’ disease cases has been rising in Switzerland since the turn of the millennium. Prompt initiation of targeted antibiotic treatment can reduce mortality and antibiotic-related side effects…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated PancNEN, PancNET & PancNEC Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas have become significantly more important in recent years. This is related to the increasing use of imaging such as CT abdomen and MRI, whereby NET… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated A systematic review and meta-analysis Herbal medicines for the treatment of active ulcerative colitis Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) characterized by recurrent inflammation of the mucosa of the colon. The worldwide prevalence of IBD is increasing and patients often…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome Fibrofolliculomas as indicator lesions The vast majority of patients affected by this rare hereditary tumor syndrome develop numerous fibrofolliculomas in middle age, particularly on the face and upper body. Genetic testing is required to…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Crigler-Najjar syndrome The syndrome, first described by the two doctors Dr. John Crigler and Dr. Victor Najjar in 1952, is characterized by a congenital disorder in the metabolism of bilirubin. Existing treatment…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Therapy-resistant high blood pressure Clarify suspected secondary hypertension step by step High blood pressure is the most common treatable risk factor for heart attack, stroke or kidney damage. If a patient is suspected of having secondary hypertension – i.e. a form…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated TARMED Revision of the outpatient medical tariff The currently valid TARMED tariff structure in the outpatient medical sector will be replaced by the TARDOC single service tariff structure and the tariff structure for outpatient flat rates.
