This content is machine translated Palliative care When the end is near: support for patients in terminal situations A life-affirming attitude without excluding dying is one of the principles of palliative care. It focuses on improving the quality of life of people who are taking their last steps…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Psychiatric diseases Update Psychiatry 2020 Interventions such as Attempted Suicide Brief Intervention (ASSIP) can significantly reduce suicide risk. Outpatient treatment can avoid the environment of an acute psychiatric ward, which is often perceived as stressful,…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Minimally invasive heart valve replacement Local anesthesia just as safe as general anesthesia Local anesthesia or general anesthesia? A randomized trial has now clarified for the first time that local anesthesia is as safe as general anesthesia for TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation).…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Cognitive medical assistants Artificial intelligence to reduce surgical risks in the future Scientists at Heidelberg University Hospital develop “Cognitive Medical Assistant” / Algorithm aims to identify individual surgical risk of the patient in advance, facilitate therapy decisions and prevent complications
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Corona and Christmas Call the emergency physician immediately if a heart attack is suspected Heart Foundation warns: Never hesitate if you suspect a heart attack, but call 911 immediately – even on Christmas, New Year’s Day and during the Corona wave. The reluctance to…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Cystic fibrosis So that the fog lifts The use of nebulizers is part of the everyday treatment of cystic fibrosis for both mucociliary clearance and chronic infection therapy. With regard to devices, the focus is often on…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Depression Management Addressing a taboo: Depression in physical illness Patients with physical illnesses such as a stroke, diabetes mellitus, oncological diseases or even tinnitus are usually treated adequately – at least as far as the physical complaints are concerned.…
View Post 23 min This content is machine translated Rheumatism and cancer Effects of cancer on rheumatoid arthritis therapy The increasing age of the population and the gratifying progress in oncological therapy mean that rheumatologists are increasingly confronted with patients who have a previous malignant disease but still require…
View Post 17 min This content is machine translated Systemic vasculitides Therapy in the adult patient Systemic vasculitides are inflammatory syndromes of the blood vessels, which can cause a very broad spectrum of symptoms depending on the affected vessel caliber and localization. The most common primary…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Asthma and COPD Hot Topics from ATS and ERS The 2020 annual congresses of the ATS and ERS were entirely under the influence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: on-site events were greatly reduced, while online participation offerings increased and were…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Bullous autoimmune dermatoses What to look for in the diagnosis of BAID Blistering autoimmune dermatoses (BAIDs) are a group of rare, potentially life-threatening diseases that manifest clinically as lesions on the skin or mucous membranes, but which, contrary to intuition, may not…
