This content is machine translated Actinic keratosis with field carcinogenesis Field-targeted therapies more effective At this year’s AAD, experts presented on the current evidence regarding therapy and prevention. Promising treatment approaches were presented and the importance of sun protection was reinforced.
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Pediatric Cardiology 50 years of Fontan operation – “not only good news In functionally univentricular hearts, a Fontan circulation is a palliative surgical therapy with significant long-term complications-a challenge.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis Dupilumab not only reduces primary symptoms Comorbid psychological symptoms are common in atopic dermatitis and can have serious consequences. The IgG4 monoclonal antibody dupilumab led to significant symptom reduction in subpopulations of this patient population, resulting…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Atrial fibrillation In practice more and more often The prevalence of atrial fibrillation is increasing. Screening of all patients 65 years of age and older is recommended because symptoms are often not very specific. Atrial fibrillation is a…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated The role of the environmental microbiome in asthma development. Farmers’ children live healthier Microbes have a great importance in the development of asthma. A transfer from the environment to the nasal mucosa takes place. There, interaction with the immune system at the mucosa…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Therapies of the future: recent advances in cystic fibrosis Hopes rest on causal therapy The development of new causal therapies in cystic fibrosis is progressing rapidly. New correctors are currently being tested. In the foreseeable future, a causal therapy should be available for 90%…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Allergen immunotherapy in asthma Successful against the house dust mite with SLIT House dust mite (HDM) is a clinically and epidemiologically important allergen in allergic asthma. Allergens can be used for treatment in sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). Thus, the need for ICS is…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Acute decompensation in pulmonary hypertension. Intubation means certain death How to deal with acute decompensation in pulmonary hypertension in case of right heart failure was discussed during the DGP congress in Munich.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Reflux diagnostics Get to the bottom of heartburn Reflux symptoms are among the most common complaints seen in family practice. Careful diagnosis is essential to initiate rapid treatment and prevent worse.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Multiple Myeloma More “survivors” thanks to new drugs Multiple myeloma, the pathological proliferation of immunoglobulins in the bone marrow, is still considered incurable. However, highly effective drugs prolong survival – in rare cases up to 20 years.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Scar Management A broad arsenal of combinable therapeutic options There is still no uniformly defined standard therapy for scar treatment, and various non-invasive and/or invasive methods are often used. The respective effectiveness is assessed differently depending on the indication…