This content is machine translated Diarrhea in children The problem of parental expectations Acute diarrheal diseases remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. Although advances in diagnostics have improved the detection of gastrointestinal pathogens, incorrect conclusions can lead to inappropriate...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated IBD in childhood Pneumococcal vaccination without negative consequences Inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are characterized by a relapsing-remitting course in which infectious diseases are considered important triggers for disease flare-ups. Although vaccination is...…
View Post 38 min This content is machine translated Psychological dependence on AI assistants, smartphones and short videos Algorithms, avatars and the unburdened mind Three digital behavioral patterns characterize the reality of modern patient use and are converging into a clinically relevant phenomenon in medical consultations: problematic smartphone use, the continuous consumption of short...… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Analysis of SNVCS data from the period 2005-2022 TBE vaccination for children and adolescents in Switzerland The Swiss National Vaccination Study (SNVCS) is a nationwide cross-sectional study that evaluates the vaccination rate of children and adolescents aged 2, 8 and 16 years. In a combined cross-sectional...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Case study 8-year-old girl with Pätau syndrome aka trisomy 13 The median survival time for live-born children with complete trisomy 13 without medical intervention is 7-10 days. Over 90% of affected newborns die in the first year of life. Risk...…
View Post 38 min This content is machine translated Psychological dependence on AI assistants, smartphones and short videos Algorithms, avatars and the unburdened mind Three digital behavioral patterns characterize the reality of modern patient use and are converging into a clinically relevant phenomenon in medical consultations: problematic smartphone use, the continuous consumption of short...… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Acute otitis media: self-limiting course vs. "red flags" In which cases are antibiotics necessary? Otoscopic evaluation of the eardrum is crucial to diagnose acute otitis media. This is a very common and usually self-limiting infection in children. The quintessence of current guideline recommendations is...…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Adrenogenital syndrome Clinical care from birth to adulthood The care of patients with adrenogenital syndrome is challenging across the entire lifespan. Especially during adolescence and the transition to adult medicine, disease-specific knowledge, emergency competence and continuity of treatment...… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Angina tonsillaris: clinical management Conservative therapy or surgery? Although bacterial tonsillitis is less common than viral tonsillitis, it is clinically relevant due to potential complications. Pragmatic scoring systems such as the McIsaac criteria and microbiology testing help to...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Inguinal testicles Undescended testicles (maldescensus testis) are one of the most common congenital anomalies of the urogenital tract in male newborns. Testicular dystopia describes a positional anomalyof the testicle on its natural...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Restless legs syndrome in children Relationship between restless legs syndrome and growing pains When restless legs syndrome is actually behind “growing pains”. Which laboratory values should be specifically clarified. A review shows considerable overlap between the two disorders in childhood. Serotonin dysfunction, iron...…
