This content is machine translated Cardiac resynchronization therapy in old age A very effective therapy if the indication is correct Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an established therapy for the treatment of symptomatic heart failure and reduction of mortality in patients with left bundle branch block and extended medical therapy.…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 2nd Swiss Symposium on Psychiatry Mens sana in corpore sano How can we keep our brain and body fit in old age? This was a central question of the 2nd Swiss Symposium on Psychiatry in Oerlikon. Is it enough to…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Depression, anxiety and aging Can depression be “trained away”? The 7th Symposium of the Swiss Society for Anxiety & Depression took place as every year in beautiful spring weather in Zurich. Two topics were focused on: the potential for…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 11th Hypertension Day Zurich SPRINT study: Will target blood pressure levels drop again? The results of the SPRINT study – lower mortality with more intensive hypertension treatment – were the focus of interest at the 11th Hypertension Day. However, it is not clear…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Balance training, vitamin D, and structured gait assessment. Fall prevention in the elderly – 10 questions, 10 answers The history of falls in geriatric patients is usually fuzzy and not very purposeful. In the search for possible causes of falls, the structured assessment of the gait pattern is…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Neither under nor over treatment Principles of lymphoma therapy in elderly patients The elderly often cannot be treated as aggressively as younger people for cancer. But at the same time, you don’t want to deprive someone of an effective medication “just” because…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Hypertension in the elderly Does lowering blood pressure provide any benefit at all, and how low should you go? With increasing age, systolic blood pressure rises continuously, whereas diastolic blood pressure rises until the sixth decade of life and then falls again. Thus, in old age, isolated systolic hypertension…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Statin therapy Lipid lowering in old age – does it make sense? The benefits of statin therapy in secondary prevention should not be denied in principle to older patients at risk. Currently, statins have no value in primary prophylaxis in old age.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Osteoarthritis and sport Are sports activities still possible with an artificial joint? Osteoarthritis is often described as “general joint disease” or “joint wear and tear.” How compatible is this “joint wear” with sports? How can an overloaded or even already worn ankle…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated BPH and urological carcinoma Urologic surgery in the very elderly: why not? When does it? Age is not a contraindication to urological surgery. In frail elderly patients, joint management between urologists, anesthesiologists, and geriatricians is recommended. In patients with renal cell carcinoma who are not…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Calcium and vitamin D3 substitution Which patient groups benefit? There is currently insufficient evidence to support calcium substitution in the healthy general population for primary prevention of osteoporosis. Although a small increase in bone density was measured densitometrically, no…
