This content is machine translated Quantitative sensory testing How to analyze and classify neuropathic pain? Diagnosing nerve pain remains a challenge. According to the current validated standard questionnaires, further clarifications such as quantitative sensory testing are also used, depending on the case. A new study…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Somatoform disorders Cognitive behavioral therapy as therapeutic gold standard Somatoform disorders do occur frequently and are relevant to health economics. Nevertheless, they are still sometimes given little attention in psychiatry and psychotherapy – both in clinical care and in…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Intracerebral hemorrhage and stroke Nursing home residents do not benefit from occupational therapy after stroke Two lectures at the 23rd European Stroke Conference in Nice were dedicated to the topic of stroke. On the one hand, it was about effective prophylaxis. How can intracerebral hemorrhage…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute stroke Is blood pressure therapy useful? Updates on the Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST) were presented at this year’s European Stroke Conference in Nice. The results come in part from a long-term follow-up presented by…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Stroke from a neuroradiological point of view Clarification of some interventional issues Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke focuses primarily on mechanical removal of thrombi from the affected cerebral vessel (mechanical thrombectomy). Using second-generation techniques (stent retrievers), high recanalization rates can be…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Not all basic therapeutics are equally effective In the treatment of multiple sclerosis, various therapeutic options such as immunomodulators, immunosuppressants and monoclonal antibodies are available, but it is largely unclear how their relative mode of action is…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy MRI Imaging Overview Patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy and children with Rolando’s epilepsy may not require an MRI scan at all. In contrast, high-resolution MRI diagnostics should definitely be pursued in focal epilepsies…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics Dementia and depression in old age Andreas Studer, MD, from the University Center for Geriatric Medicine at the Felix Platter Hospital in Basel, spoke at the Update Refresher in Zurich on the two topics of dementia…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Arteriovenous malformation Interdisciplinary treatment in an interventional-surgical hybrid room Case report: A 32-year-old, previously healthy woman developed sudden, mild motor aphasia at 26 weeks’ gestation.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Epileptic seizures - an overview What is important in the evaluation and treatment of epileptic seizures? About 5% of all people experience an epileptic seizure in their lifetime. Nearly 1% of the population develops epilepsy during their lifetime. In Switzerland, this is around 70,000 people, with…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy Therapy Compliance, adherence and concordance About two-thirds of all patients with epilepsies can become seizure-free without intolerable side effects with appropriate and regularly taken antiepileptic pharmacotherapy. Regular medication adherence is most likely to be achieved…
