This content is machine translated Physician-Patient Communication Prepare bad news well “As physicians, sometimes we have to go to extremes – we have to talk to patients.” The old medical joke can take on a very serious tone when it comes…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Bullous pemphigoid Updated European expert guideline published The Autoimmune blistering diseases Task Force of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) recently issued new recommendations for the treatment of bullous pemphigoid. The consensus expert opinion is based…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated AID systems Improved therapy for type 1 diabetes with new devices Increasingly, AID (Automated Insulin Delivery) systems are being used for automated or semi-automated insulin dosing in the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Through pump and sensor technology coupled with control…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer New options in advanced breast cancer While new lecture formats had to be established due to the Corona pandemic, substantial progress in research around cancer therapies remained constant, as evidenced by study results presented at EHA.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Iron deficiency Ferritin standard values vary according to patient population In certain underlying diseases such as heart failure or chronic kidney disease, transferrin saturation and soluble transferrin receptor should be determined in addition to serum ferritin levels. Inflammation is accompanied…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis The JAK/STAT pathway as a therapeutic target. Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors inhibit signal transduction of numerous proinflammatory cytokines with varying selectivity. With baricitinib, upadacitinib and abrocitinib, three oral JAK inhibitors are currently approved in Switzerland for the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Influenza vaccination High age – high dose! Influenza is the most common vaccine-preventable infectious disease. Nevertheless, it consistently tops the list of infectious diseases in Europe – with the exception of the past two seasons, when the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Antidepressant monotherapy Trazodone with innovative galenics achieves rapid and significant response The antidepressant monotherapy with trazodone achieves an effective response after only one week with a single daily dose starting at 150 mg. The multifunctional antidepressant mechanism of action of the serotonin…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Local therapy in HCC Interdisciplinary combination therapies on the rise Small changes made in the 2022 BCLC update may be of great impact in the local therapy of stage 0 to C HCC patients. Combination therapies and other interdisciplinary measures…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Intraepidermal neoplasms Actinic keratosis – a common precancerous condition Actinic keratosis is an intraepidermal neoplasia that can potentially develop into an invasive growing spinocellular carcinoma (SCC). The current study situation does not allow reliable risk stratification. With this in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Immunoadsorption (IA) Advantages over methylprednisolone in MS patients Immunoadsorption (IA) shows advantages over methylprednisolone in patients with steroid-refractory acute relapses of multiple sclerosis. An observational study evaluating the efficacy of immunoadsorption (IA) vs. methylprednisolone in patients with steroid-refractory…
