This content is machine translated Pathophysiology, clinical significance and therapeutic consequences Eosinophils in asthma For a long time, eosinophils were regarded as the central effector cells of asthma and were interpreted in the classical model as a direct damaging agent of the epithelium, as...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Asbestos victims Federal Council has decided to amend the UVG Financing the Compensation Fund for Asbestos Victims Foundation has proved increasingly difficult in recent years. In order to secure it in the long term, the Federal Council has enacted an...…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Clinical significance, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management Frailty in COPD Frailty has established itself as a central concept in modern pulmonology in recent years. While the syndrome was originally described primarily as a geriatric phenomenon, more recent data shows that...…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated COPD therapy Drug therapy – Update 2025 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory multisystem disease caused primarily by inhaled noxious substances in combination with environmental factors and genetic predispositions. The presence of such a...… CME-Test
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics of respiratory viral infections What is tested when and on whom? The diagnosis of respiratory viral infections has become a major focus of medical attention in recent years. While SARS-CoV-2 has taken center stage in recent years, other respiratory viruses such...… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Dyspnea – pulmonary hamartomas Benign tumors of the lung can be epithelial, mesenchymal or embryonal in nature. Hamartomas are among the most common benign lung tumors. As they are usually asymptomatic, they are mostly...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Yellow nail and Swyer-James syndrome Yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is a rare disease associated with yellowing of the nails, pulmonary manifestations and lymphoedema. A clinical examination and examination of the fingernails can provide valuable information...… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Eosinophilic esophagitis EoE rarely occurs in isolation Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is still inadequately treated in terms of its association with other type 2 inflammatory diseases (T2). Italian researchers attempted to close this gap. Their conclusion: In EoE...…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Lung cancer with EGFR mutation New perspectives in first-line therapy At this year’s IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC 2025) in Barcelona, a poster on the FLAURA2 study was presented, which presented new data on combination therapy with osimertinib...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Adherence in severe or poorly controlled asthma Digital monitoring with potential for greater treatment adherence Despite proven pharmacological strategies for the treatment of asthma, lack of adherence to inhaled therapy remains a major problem, particularly in patients requiring a triple combination. Digital tools have shown...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Benralizumab in a patient with asthma and EGPA When the biologic has a counterproductive effect Eosinophilic vasculitis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare inflammation of small blood vessels that is usually associated with asthma. Eye involvement occurs sporadically and central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is...…
