This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Steatosis hepatis In steatotic liver diseases, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are distinguished from alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD) and alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) from an etiological point of…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Pneumonia that is not pneumonia One in 8 patients with an incorrect CAP diagnosis Misdiagnosed pneumonia in hospitalized adults is not uncommon, especially in older people with geriatric syndromes, but can be very damaging. Little is known about the incidence, risk factors and consequences…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Heart failure in the light of the latest evidence MRAs offer advantages across the entire EF spectrum At the swissESCupdate, cardiology experts summarized important content from this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cardiology . In the area of heart failure, studies on the use…
View Post 16 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics Malnutrition in elderly hospitalized patients Approximately one-third of patients are at increased risk for malnutrition or are already malnourished upon hospital admission. Older age and the presence of multiple comorbidities significantly increase the risk for… CME-Test
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Artificial intelligence in medicine Opportunities and risks of AI The concept of artificial intelligence dates back to the 1950s. 20th century and includes a collection of technologies that allow a computer to emulate typical characteristics of human intelligence. Initially,… CME-Test
View Post 10 min 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 Adolescents with type 1 diabetes Metformin can improve subclinical atherosclerosis Neuregulin-4 (Nrg-4) may have anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic properties. Egyptian researchers used Nrg-4 together with carotid intima-media thickness as a marker for subclinical atherosclerosis. Their finding: The addition of metformin to…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Gender differences in asthma Men have it better again It is known that the clinical picture of asthma can vary depending on gender. However, how exactly this affects the severity of symptoms, the function of large and small airways,…
View Post 20 min This content is machine translated AID systems in childhood and adolescence Technology for everyone? Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases in children and adolescents. A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is a considerable burden for those affected and their… CME-Test
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Automated Insulin Delivery AID systems in pediatrics Diabetes technology has developed rapidly in recent years. Tools such as insulin pumps, CGM systems and now AID systems (also known as closed-loop systems) have become indispensable in pediatric diabetology… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Immuno-oncological therapies CAR-T cell therapy for hematologic cancers Immunotherapies are now established pillars in the treatment of cancer. The principle of CAR-T cell therapy is that the body’s own T cells are programmed to destroy cancer cells through…
