This content is machine translated Epilepsy What to do if the therapy does not work? Around 60 million people worldwide are affected by epilepsy, the third most common neurological disorder. Up to 70% of patients can be effectively helped with initial therapy management and their…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Diabetic ketoacidosis Recommendations for action in practice Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acutely life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs predominantly in type 1 diabetes, but is also increasingly occurring in people with type 2 diabetes. A… CME-Test
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Artificial intelligence Dr. ChatGPT: Large language models in everyday clinical practice With the public availability of ChatGPT 3.5 in fall 2022 at the latest, artificial intelligence in the sense of large language models (L LMs) is on everyone’s lips. However, it… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – polycystic liver disease Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is characterized by multiple, usually progressively increasing cysts of the liver. It is the most common extrarenal manifestation of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Asthma and allergic diseases Adherence as a decisive factor Regular and prescribed drug treatment is particularly important for the course of chronic diseases such as asthma and other atopic diseases, as it can prevent exacerbations and improve disease control....…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Basics of patient education Promotion of self-management Patient education is an educationally structured person-centered learning process that supports people living with chronic illnesses in particular to manage their own health, based on their own resources and supported...… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Sponsored Content: Pulmonary hypertension Also consider pulmonary hypertension in case of unexplained shortness of breath! Unexplained breathlessness is a frequent and challenging problem in the daily practice of general practitioners, pulmonologists and cardiologists. One possible underlying clinical picture is pulmonary hypertension (PH), which is often...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Wolfram syndrome The term “DIDMOAD” syndrome – an acronym for the characteristic symptoms – serves as an alternative name for this autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, which was first described in 1938: Diabetes...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Dyslipidemia: "Treat-to-target" Risk-adapted individual LDL-C targets Together with arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, lipid metabolism disorders are among the most important modifiable cardiovascular risk factors. In addition to statins, various modern substance classes are now available...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic kidney disease SGLT-2-i: consider for all CKD patients Targeted early detection measures and timely treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are extremely important to halt progression and manage complications. The determination of albuminuria makes it possible to make...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Journal Club CVD: Update on risk factors and prevention Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has a high prevalence worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Several secondary analyses have been published in the past two years. While Magnussen et...…
