This content is machine translated Non-infectious complications after HSCT Lungs at high risk! Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an established treatment for a variety of malignant and non-malignant diseases. However, both infectious and noninfectious pulmonary complications can lead to increased morbidity and…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Reduce exacerbation rate and improve quality of life Assessment of symptoms and exacerbation risks is central to effective drug therapy. The ABCD risk classification serves as a basis for this. Here, the indication for therapy is based on…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Antisynthetase syndromes Watch your fingers The antisynthetase syndromes are a subgroup of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and account for approximately 35-40% of cases here. However, if detected in time, the long-term prognosis for affected individuals…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Update GINA Guidelines 2020 Asthma therapy in transition During several decades, short-acting beta-mimetics (SABA) were recommended as first-line therapy. This has changed in the meantime. The current GINA treatment recommendations advise instead the use of an anti-inflammatory demand…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated COPD therapy The less eosinophilic the COPDer, the more unnecessary the ICS “Treatable traits” is the new magic term in the treatment of COPD, and the current guidelines are modeled after it. With regard to the structure of therapy, the focus should…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Cystic fibrosis In the sweat of the CF Next to hematomatosis, cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic disease and the most common genetic disease with lung involvement. In adult patients, the symptoms are varied and often…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The somewhat different knowledge Where does the name “Pancoast tumor” actually come from? The clinical picture of Pancoast tumor is widely known. But where does the somewhat strange name actually come from? We got to the bottom of it.
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Subsegmental pulmonary emboli In need of therapy or clinically irrelevant? Pulmonary embolism (LE) is grouped together with deep vein thrombosis as venous thromboembolism. Whereas 50 years ago the diagnosis was usually made post-mortem or in the presence of definite clinical… CME-Test
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Hypoxemia New insights into treatment with oxygen in intensive care medicine The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) recently published the large-scale multinational study “Handling Oxygenation Targets in the Intensive Care Unit” (HOT-ICU). Under the direction of Aalborg University Hospital, the…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Smoking cessation Alternatives to the conventional cigarette – what is there and what can they do? Tobacco is still on everyone’s lips, but no longer necessarily in the form of a cigarette, cigar or pipe. There are now a variety of alternative products for smokers, some…
View Post 16 min This content is machine translated Rare lung diseases Pulmonary amyloidosis Amyloidoses are protein misfolding diseases in which extracellular deposition of insoluble protein fibrils with an antiparallel β-sheet configuration usually occurs. The underlying pathomechanisms are diverse. Acquired causes include high levels… CME-Test
