This content is machine translated Heart failure Tips and tricks – an overview Heart failure is a growing problem in Switzerland, as in the rest of the industrialized world, because the incidence of heart failure increases with age and there are more and… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Cardiovascular diseases Atherosclerosis, thrombosis and acute coronary syndrome – recent research. Groundbreaking findings found their way to the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2022. For example, for the first time, transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) has been successfully treated in vivo…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) Include patient preferences when making treatment decisions The spectrum of treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms ranges from “watchful waiting” to medication and surgery, depending on severity, individual patient wishes, and morbidity. In general, the most important…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Cardiovascular medicine Effective treatment management for optimized outcome More than 30,000 professionals from 174 countries addressed the results of current research at the ESC Congress in Barcelona this year. Topics ranged from prevention to imaging, digital health and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated "Antibiotic Stewardship. As much as necessary, as little as possible The emergence of resistant bacteria is a worldwide problem. Targeted use of antibiotics is an important approach to reducing antibiotic resistance. The “Swiss Antibiotic Resistance Report 2022” shows that corresponding…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Psychiatry Autonomy in the focus of treatment management Whether it is a question of participation, suicidality or dealing with mentally ill lawbreakers – in psychiatry and psychotherapy the ethical and legal conditions of medical action are particularly relevant…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Patient-centered rounds in medicine Aligning care with the patient Patient-centered, patient-centered medicine respects and integrates individual preferences, values, or needs and has grown in importance in patient care in recent years. In clinical care, it is therefore important that… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Therapy of type 2 diabetes in older age Avoid hypoglycemia and consider multimorbidity Over the past three decades, global diabetes prevalence has steadily increased, with an age-correlated increase in prevalence. Therapeutic goals in older type 2 diabetic patients differ from those of younger…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Health Literacy Survey Strengthen health literacy The results of the Health Literacy Survey Switzerland 2019-21 are now summarized in fact sheets. These also show Switzerland in international comparison. It became clear that health literacy can still be improved…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Systemic sclerosis Therapeutic strategies for a heterogeneous disease. Early detection, risk stratification, and tailored therapy of systemic sclerosis (SSc) are of high importance to counteract disease-related limitations and potentially life-threatening manifestations in a timely manner. Interstitial lung disease…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Biologics in CRSwNP Equal opportunity and challenge For ENT physicians in private practice, the approval of biologics for the indication of chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis nasi (CRSwNP) means on the one hand an expansion of treatment options.…
