This content is machine translated Severe asthma and CRSwNP Multidisciplinary collaboration between pneumology, allergology and ENT Severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA) and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) are overlapping clinical entities united by a common pathophysiological basis of type 2 inflammation. The frequent co-occurrence of these...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic and hard-to-heal wounds Benefit from the advantages of outpatient negative pressure wound therapy If wound healing stagnates under conventional local treatment, the use of negative pressure wound therapy (N PWT) can be useful. Also known as “vacuum therapy” or “vacuum sealing therapy”, NPWT...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Angina tonsillaris: clinical management Conservative therapy or surgery? Although bacterial tonsillitis is less common than viral tonsillitis, it is clinically relevant due to potential complications. Pragmatic scoring systems such as the McIsaac criteria and microbiology testing help to...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Gonarthrosis and coxarthrosis: update on conservative treatment Pain relief, targeted movement and relief Age-associated degenerative processes in the hyaline cartilage are common. In the case of symptomatic osteoarthritis at an early stage, conservative treatment is initially sought. In addition to classification and localization...…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Lung cancer Multidisciplinary teams in oncology The treatment of cancer is one of the greatest challenges of modern medicine. The complexity of oncological diagnostics and therapy, the multitude of treatment options available and the need to...… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Artificial intelligence in diabetes prevention Lifestyle interventions are better accepted with AI The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) remains the gold standard when it comes to preventing the progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes. However, the actual uptake of the program remains...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Clostridioides difficile infection: specific therapy Importance of vancomycin and fidaxomicin has increased C. difficile infection (CDI) is the most common pathogen-related cause of nosocomial diarrhea, but can also occur in outpatients if risk factors are present. Due to the associated morbidity and...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Study report Asthma exacerbation risk in patients with a psychological comorbidity In a retrospective cohort study in England, routinely collected primary care data was used to investigate whether the risk of asthma exacerbations has a statistical association with mental illness. The...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Neuropathies - CIDP Differentiate chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) CIDP can only be reliably differentiated from clinical mimics through systematic diagnostics. Diagnostic findings guide the selection of suitable immunotherapy. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy shows diverse phenotypes and is often...…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated "Swiss Health Care Atlas" Supply situation in Switzerland: Update The healthcare atlas compiled under the auspices of Obsan documents and visualizes the frequency of medical treatments and diagnoses between cantons, regions, age groups and over time. This provides a...…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Lung cancer Multidisciplinary teams in oncology The treatment of cancer is one of the greatest challenges of modern medicine. The complexity of oncological diagnostics and therapy, the multitude of treatment options available and the need to...… CME-Test
