This content is machine translated Treatment of multiple sclerosis relapse Oral versus intravenous steroids Purpose: The COPOUSEP study, published in the Lancet, investigates whether oral administration of high-dose methylprednisolone is inferior to intravenous administration.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Treatment of pain in Parkinson's disease How does sustained-release oxycodone/naloxone perform? Purpose: This multicenter randomized controlled trial investigates the efficacy of sustained-release oxycodone/naloxone on severe pain in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Panacea or fashion trend? Cannabis in the symptomatic treatment of multiple sclerosis. For the past year, patients with multiple sclerosis in Switzerland have been able to be prescribed Sativex®, a spray containing delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), without prior special authorization. THC…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Basics of imaging in multiple sclerosis Classification systems enable precise classification Multiple sclerosis is a relatively common inflammatory disease of the brain and the entire central nervous system in which demyelination, the cause of which is still unclear, occurs [1]. Diagnosis…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Long-term therapy for restless legs syndrome Restless legs are common and usually persist for life Restless legs syndrome is a common and usually chronic condition whose treatment needs to be adjusted repeatedly during its course. In recent years, studies and recommendations on long-term therapy have…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy What sports activity is possible? Patients with epilepsy are less likely to be active in sports compared to healthy individuals, although in general a decrease in seizure frequency during moderate sports activity can be assumed.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Fitness to drive after stroke Who is responsible for the proficiency test? After a stroke, driving ability may be impaired. Patients must therefore have their physical and mental fitness checked by specialists. A comprehensive assessment in the sense of a 4-step model…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Neurological aspects of HIV and syphilis. How do infectious diseases manifest themselves on the nervous system? More than half of all HIV patients suffer from sensory neuropathy, which is one of the most common HIV-associated diseases. There is no causal therapy for HIV-associated neuropathies; therefore, symptomatic…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated More than concentration disorders Cognitive dysfunction in depressed patients. At the KHM Congress in Lucerne, Prof. Gregor Hasler, MD, University Hospital of Psychiatry Bern, led an interesting workshop on “Cognition in Depression”. Memory problems, reduced concentration and slowing down…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Infamous brain tumor? Unexpected turnaround in a patient with glioblastoma Case report: In 2009, the then 32-year-old patient underwent her first brain tumor surgery (glioblastoma WHO °IV, DD: anaplastic astrocytoma WHO °III, Mib-1 10%). The recommended adjuvant treatment [1] was…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Patient-based decisions are important Surgical treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICB) accounts for approximately 15-20% of all strokes. Although a large proportion of ICB can be treated conservatively, surgical treatment has a high priority. Surgical therapy subsets…
