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…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Fall prevention in family practice Address problems, perform risk screening and initiate prevention Fall prevention measures can reduce the rate of falls by up to 50%. Family physicians are suited to play a key role in the primary and secondary prevention of falls…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Interactions and incorrect dosing Adverse drug reactions in psychiatry. A workshop at the Congress of the Swiss Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy focused on the adverse effects of psychotropic drugs. The interest was great: Already ten minutes before the…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Herbal antidepressants and anxiolytics Phytotherapy – special opportunities for elderly patients Drug treatments are often associated with additional risks in elderly patients due to polypharmacotherapy and age-related changes in metabolism, especially since the efficacy and tolerability of drugs in the elderly…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Diabetes mellitus Therapy of diabetes mellitus in elderly patients – how to proceed? Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a common disease in elderly patients with increasing prevalence. In addition to aspects typical of diabetes, specific geriatric syndromes such as dementia or increased risk…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Acute leukemia in elderly patients Ethical Aspects of Therapy Decisions and Advance Care Planning Ethical conflicts in determining treatment may arise when there are differing views about achievable and reasonable goals of therapy. The first step of an ethically well-founded treatment is to realistically…
