This content is machine translated Non-resolving pneumonia When the inflammation does not want to heal Pneumonia remains a common and deadly infectious disease. Nearly 40,000 patients are hospitalized in Switzerland each year for pneumonia, and a good 1,000 people die each year as a result…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Change of therapy often useful Two antifibrotic drugs are currently available for the drug therapy of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF): Pirfenidone and the tyrosine kinase inhibitor nintedanib. Therapy intolerances are rare, but do occur. However,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated AECOPD Color blind to the use of antibiotics Antibiotics are regularly used in the treatment of COPD patients with acute exacerbations (AECOPD) – too regularly, if you take a look at the guidelines. These recommend its use only…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Lung tumors What’s new? Among the approximately 200 abstracts on thoracic oncology at this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting , exciting news was found especially on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). With immunotherapeutic options in…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Research Understanding lung damage Researchers have studied in detail the cellular mechanisms at the onset of inflammatory lung injury triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Accordingly, the damage that necessitates ventilation is not caused by direct…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Obstructive sleep apnea Sleep-Related Respiratory Disorders – Clinic, Diagnosis and Therapy Sleep-related breathing disorders are common. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has the character of a widespread disease. The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea is steadily increasing in Western industrialized countries due…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Tuberculosis COVID-19 risk – or also opportunity? In 2015, the WHO set a goal to eliminate tuberculosis by 2035. Already, the milestones by 2020 – including a 35% reduction in mortality and 0% catastrophic costs for families…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Pattern of interstitial lung disease What else is idiopathic here? The terms interstitial l ung disease or diffuse lung parenchymal disease refer to a group of pathologies affecting the epithelium of the alveoli (alveolar epithelium), the endothelium of the pulmonary… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diagnosis and therapy of SSc-ILD No simple cases Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common organ manifestation in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). It is considered a major cause of morbidity and mortality here. Early diagnosis and initiation…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Suitable to detect progression of cystic fibrosis in preschool children and benefits of newborn screening Regular examination of the lungs using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can record how lung disease develops in children with CF. In addition, if the disease is detected and treated during…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) Hobit turns immune cells into killers Local immune cells are on standby in the body’s organs as rapid reaction troops against infections, tumors and inflammations. On site, they specialize and take on different tasks.
