This content is machine translated Chronic wounds Modern wound management is interdisciplinary and individualized Wound healing disorders are often a symptom of an underlying disease and manifest clinically in different ways. In addition to treatment of the underlying disease, local wound treatment is the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Coronary heart disease Effective lipid lowering not only in patients with statin intolerance Patients with coronary artery disease benefit from well-controlled cholesterol levels. But with elevated levels, lifestyle modifications are not always sufficient to reach the target value. Statins are then usually resorted…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pain Medicine Challenges and possibilities of therapy with cannabinoids Cannabinoids are becoming increasingly important in medicine. First used to treat nausea and loss of appetite in tumor and HIV patients, they are increasingly being used in certain nephropathies, multiple…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Functional digestive disorders What soothes the stomach and intestines with flatulence again Irritable stomach syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome are benign conditions, but can severely limit the quality of life of those affected. Functional flatulence is a common shared characteristic and is…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Small cell lung carcinoma Regulatory extension for durvalumab Durvalumab was approved EU-wide in combination with chemotherapy of etoposide plus either cisplatin or carboplatin followed by durvalumab maintenance therapy for the first-line treatment of adults with advanced-stage small cell…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Comorbid iron deficiency in heart failure Evidence-based beneficial effects of intravenous iron supplementation. Iron deficiency is common in heart failure patients. In addition to a reduction in exercise capacity and quality of life, an increased risk of mortality is associated with it –…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Heart failure SGLT2 inhibitors – are the new preparations more than just good antidiabetic agents? SGLT2 inhibitors have been used successfully for some time in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. They are associated with effective blood glucose lowering through increased renal glucose excretion. But they…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated GLP-1 receptor agonists Jack of all trades in the fight against type 2 diabetes GLP-1 receptor agonists (RA) have been used in the treatment of diabetic patients since 2005. For patients, their introduction was a milestone, as GLP-1 RAs have the great advantage of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated COVID-19 and chronic lung disease Up or down on meds? Is there an increased risk for COVID-19 patients if they have chronic lung disease? The answer to this is a resounding yes. Asthma patients are relatively well off compared to…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Cystitis When going to the toilet becomes a pain! About 50-70% of all women have cystitis at least once a year. Repeated bladder infections occur in approximately 5-10% of cases. Phytotherapeutic preparations based on nasturtium and horseradish can provide…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes mellitus Heart and kidney protected in different patient groups Approximately 40% of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) develop diabetic kidney disease, which contributes to increased cardiovascular and mortality risk [1, 2]. This makes it all the more…
