This content is machine translated Pain therapy for rheumatic inflammatory diseases It doesn’t always have to be an opioid For patients with rheumatic diseases, pain is the central problem. However, recent studies show that influencing pain experience with biologics is possible and that JAK inhibitors can provide rapid, direct…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Personalized therapy in RA Targeting instead of MTX for all “It is more important to know which person has a disease than to know which disease a person has” – this sentence is attributed to Hippocrates, which means that the…
View Post 20 min This content is machine translated S1 Guideline The geriatric assessment If geriatricians wanted to explain their focus to other physicians, they would quickly arrive at geriatric assessment (GA) as a special identifier. In order to exchange experiences in the use… CME-Test
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Geriatric Psychotherapy Basic psychosomatic care for the elderly Somatic change with age can lead to mental disorders and interfere with healthy aging. Especially in vulnerable geriatric patients, mental disorders therefore have a particularly negative impact on morbidity and… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Neurogeriatrics Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo – what to do when it fluctuates? Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is a frequently idiopathic disorder. Among other things, it often occurs in old age, after trauma, in severe systemic diseases or even migraine. Repositioning therapy is…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Vascular dementia Ginkgo biloba extract, cholinesterase inhibitor, or both? In a retrospective study, 12 months of treatment with a Ginkgo biloba special extract as monotherapy or in combination with cholinesterase inhibitors resulted in a reduction in cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Psychotherapy with elderly patients Mentalization-based inpatient psychotherapy with elders. As the proportion of older people in society increases, the number of mentally ill older people necessarily increases. A Europe-wide study was able to show that today one in three…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Venous and lymphatic leg disorders Compression as an important therapy element Even though compression therapy is a rather unpopular therapy and is often discontinued, compression bandaging is the best measure to eliminate one of the most essential causes of venous and…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Wound treatment System therapies for dermatological wounds In addition to local treatment of chronic wounds with the use of phase-appropriate modern wound dressings, causal therapy of the underlying cause is crucial for therapeutic success. The use of… CME-Test
View Post 20 min This content is machine translated S1 Guideline The geriatric assessment If geriatricians wanted to explain their focus to other physicians, they would quickly arrive at geriatric assessment (GA) as a special identifier. In order to exchange experiences in the use… CME-Test
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Depression in old age Screening, diagnosis and treatment In the elderly, depression is even more frequently overlooked than in younger people, since depressive symptoms such as hopelessness and joylessness, sleep disturbances or feelings of exhaustion are often not…
