This content is machine translated Tuberculosis New standard for MDR-TB therapy The standard treatment for tuberculosis remains 2 months of quadruple therapy with rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol, followed by 4 months of therapy with rifampicin and and isoniazid. The average…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Which procedure for which age? Inhalation with children Up to 5% of children and adolescents in German-speaking countries live with diseases of the respiratory tract – especially the lungs – and have drug therapy in case of exacerbations,… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Early onset asthma Protect young children from risk factors About 14% of adolescents worldwide suffer from asthma symptoms. The disease thus represents a significant health burden for children. Exposure to adverse early risk factors may not only influence the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Climate change How does the climate crisis affect the lungs? The climate crisis has undoubtedly reached Europe and Switzerland, not to say taken hold of them. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), the past summer of 2022 was the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated New S3 Guideline Lung Cancer Improve prevention, diagnostics, therapy and aftercare Today, the treatment of lung cancer is much more differentiated and also more complicated than it was ten years ago. This is due not least to the great dynamism in…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Aspergillosis and lung function Hope for newly developed therapeutic options Aspergillus fumigatus is a common mold that is relatively harmless if you have a good immune response. However, in people whose immune system is severely weakened – for example, after…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Asthma therapy The mild bronchial asthma Bronchial asthma is a heterogeneous, multifactorial disease characterized by chronic airway inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Not only the symptomatology, but also the airway obstruction is variable in time course and… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Smoking cessation Tobacco heaters on the test bench – initial real-world experience Smoking is addictive – that is common knowledge. It is equally well known that quitting smoking is anything but easy. Meanwhile, there are many different ways to quit smoking. Alternative…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Simple stress tests in pneumology 6-minute walk test, shuttle walk tests, and sit-to-stand tests. Regular exercise testing of physical fitness should be routine in patients with chronic respiratory and pulmonary disease, as should pulmonary function testing. Reasons for exercise testing may include indications such…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Cystic fibrosis Cystic fibrosis therapy Loss of function of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) channel results in the formation of a highly viscous secretion in cystic fibrosis, leading to a decrease in mucociliary…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Diagnosis and classification The plight of COPD In COPD, two assumptions seem set in stone: The disease must be defined by a ratio of one-second capacity FEV1 to forced vital capacity FVC of less than 70% on…
