This content is machine translated Palliative Care Mentally ill at the end of life In a more somatically oriented general palliative care, mental illnesses are often perceived only as “side effects” and thus remain unrecognized. However, psychopharmacological interventions or psychotherapeutic processes can only be…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Intensive care treatment of traumatic brain injury Severe SHT – An interdisciplinary challenge In the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury, there is much literature and little evidence. Strict adherence to a treatment protocol leads to better outcome; moreover, treatment should be provided…
View Post 9 min Unruptured intracranial aneurysms To treat or to follow? Despite progress in the understanding of risk factors for aneurysm rupture, the decision whether or not to treat an unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) should be treated remains a challenge. A…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pooled analysis of four studies Is a St. John’s wort extract better tolerated than SSRIs? This article is the German abstract of a study [1] published in the journal International Clinical Psychopharmacology. The authors pooled the compatibility data from four studies and evaluated them. They…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 12th Annual Meeting of the SGAMSP Psychotropic drugs in somatic comorbidity: risks and benefits. Psychiatric patients are also hospitalized for somatic disorders, and conversely, patients with primarily somatic disorders often require therapy with psychotropic drugs. Management of affected patients can be aided by good…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pain Congress in Hamburg Pain therapy – balancing efficacy and tolerability At the German Pain Congress in Hamburg, experts provided insights into the current options for pain therapy. This is not infrequently characterized by patients having to weigh up (especially gastrointestinal)…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Questions and tests Early detection of cognitive disorders The earliest possible detection of cognitive disorders makes a lot of sense: on the one hand, treatable causes can be discovered, and on the other hand, those affected still have…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Chronic pain Clarification algorithm and insurance-related considerations In chronic pain, various diagnostic, therapeutic, and expert opinion aspects are of great importance. A careful physical status is still very important. Pain models as a communicative bridge in the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Depression in dementia Cognitive impairment is also common in depression Depression is the most common accompanying symptom of dementia and often the first to announce the onset of cognitive decline. The differential diagnosis of depression and dementia is difficult, and…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Congress for Holistic Pain Therapy Giving competition to the pain in the head At the 1st Swiss Congress for Holistic Pain Therapy, the focus was for once on topics other than drugs, interventions and control of side effects with regard to pain. Experts…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 4th Basel Dementia Forum A lot has happened In Basel, an update on diagnostics and therapy was given at this year’s Dementia Forum. The two experts Prof. Dr. phil. Andreas U. Monsch and Prof. Dr. med. Reto W.…
