This content is machine translated More than drugs Current therapy of Parkinson’s disease Levodopa remains the most effective and well-tolerated medication for Parkinson’s disease. However, half of the patients experience fluctuations in efficacy (wearing-off, dyskinesias) after only a few years. Effective countermeasures are…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Tumors in the mouth, throat and neck area Diagnostics and surgical options Enlarged neck lymph nodes that persist for more than two weeks must be clarified. Ultrasound and fine needle aspiration are the gold standard. Open biopsies are initially contraindicated! Slice imaging…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Diverticular diseases You do not always have to operate The risk of recurrence in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis is less than anticipated, and a second episode of acute diverticulitis is not an obligatory indication for resection. Sonography is an effective…
View Post 10 min Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) Oldest-Old Patients with Dementia: Psychiatric Aspects The number of very old individuals with dementia is drastically increasing. The frailty of this age subgroup may translate into clinical and therapeutic particularities, among others, with regard to Behavioural…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) Which patients to treat with it and why and for how long? PPIs are very effective and largely safe medications. A prescription must be well justified, especially for long-term therapy. For long-term therapy, the lowest effective dose should be used. If rebound…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Dementia Stress on relatives and possible interventions The vast majority of care for dementia patients is provided by family members. In over 90% of cases, care is provided by women, and over 60% live in the same…
View Post 10 min Bone Metastasis Role of Nuclear Medicine in Diagnosis of Bone Metastasis Accurate staging of cancer patients is essential to initiate appropriate treatment. Bone is a frequent site of metastasis for many tumors, mainly breast, prostate and lung carcinomas, followed by renal…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Prevention is easier than treatment Vascular risk factors and dementia Treatment of vascular risk factors is effective dementia prevention. Dementia prevention is more effective than currently available therapies. Consistent treatment of vascular risk factors reduces the risk of various diseases…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Suicide and suicide prevention More and more assisted suicides in Switzerland At this year’s congress of the Swiss Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SGPP, August 2016, Basel), the motto was “Mental health from a generational perspective”. A problem that cuts across…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Heart failure update Which drugs for which patients? The new guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure were presented at this year’s congress of the European Society of Cardiology at the end of May. The new…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Campari anaphylaxis at garden party – what does the scale insect have to do with it? Anamnesis: In Monika B., a 34-year-old atopic with known springtime pollinosis and mild intermittent bronchial asthma, a garden party she had organized ended abruptly in the emergency ward of the…
