This content is machine translated Vitamin supplementation COVID-19 and vitamin D: sticking to the facts Recent scientific publications have brought back into focus the debate on a possible protective role of vitamin D supplementation for severe COVID-19 progression. When interpreting the study findings, however, it…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Vaccination recommendations Pneumococcal vaccination – useful for which risk groups? During the corona pandemic, there has been a shortage of pneumococcal vaccine supply in Switzerland. Therefore, a replacement vaccination recommendation has been issued. Infant vaccination coverage has led to a…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Electronic vaccination card High flight and low fall as a pandemic sequence The electronic vaccination card has been available in Switzerland for ten years, but it has not yet really caught on. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an unexpected late growth spurt.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency It does not always have to be obstruction A 52-year-old female patient has been suffering from recurrent infections for years and requires recurrent antibiotics. No other diseases are present. The reason was alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Bronchiectasis can lead…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (CED) Position paper on the current use of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. The Swiss Research and Communication Network on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD-net) recommends that all patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should be vaccinated against SARS CoV-2. This assessment is based…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Non-infectious complications after HSCT Cure for multiple sclerosis at any price? Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is used as ultima ratio in multiple sclerosis. The reboot of the immune system is aimed at healing, but carries strong side effects. Both infectious…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Moderate asthma What drives the physician’s therapy decision When treating asthma patients, many thoughts run through the physician’s mind – after all, on the one hand he usually has several therapy options, but on the other hand he…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Liver values Test for viral hepatitis if transaminases are elevated Altered liver values are not infrequently incidental findings during routine diagnostics. Fatty liver, alcohol abuse, and viral hepatitis are the most common causes of elevated transaminases. Often, several liver diseases…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated GINA Guideline 2020 New weapon at level 5 The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has also updated its recommendations for asthma management in 2020. The most important announcement in it for the occasion: during the COVID-19 pandemic, patients…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Non-infectious complications after HSCT Lungs at high risk! Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an established treatment for a variety of malignant and non-malignant diseases. However, both infectious and noninfectious pulmonary complications can lead to increased morbidity and…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated COVID-19 and the Preventive State Basic rights infected by the virus? Never before has our life been so rigorously regulated as in the times of Corona. Yuval Noah Harari, one of the best-known human historians of our time, says of the…
