This content is machine translated Cardiology Update Refresher MRI and pacemaker/ICD – an impossible combination? It can be dangerous when a patient with cardiac device needs an MRI. Among other things, the electrodes may heat up, an electrical reset is conceivable and the battery status…
View Post 13 min HIV infection and skin Cutaneous disorders in immunosuppressed HIV infected patients and their epidemy profile Immune disturbance appears on skin as a consequence of immunosuppression. The article describes a panel of cutaneous disorders occurring in immunosuppressed HIF infected pateients and follow the trends of the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated AHA in California May it be a little less? Americans further downgrade the definition of hypertension, from formerly ≥140/90 mmHg to newly ≥130/80 mmHg. The new guideline was hotly debated at the AHA Congress.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Prognosis and biology of gliomas Why low-malignant gliomas are currently not curable Grade II gliomas tend to be underestimated in their malignancy in the early stages. There is no standard for treatment. In addition to wait-and-see, aggressive surgical tactics are becoming more…
View Post 21 min This content is machine translated Personalized therapy for psychotropic drugs Basics and practical hints for pharmacogenetic tests A summary of the current situation of pharmacogenetics in psychiatry – with practical advice for its application, as a revision of the analysis list has come into force since the…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Endocarditis prophylaxis for cardiac vitiation Management during non-cardiac surgery Infective endocarditis is an infection of the endocardium and particularly the valve leaflets with an annual incidence of 3-10/100,000 persons. With high mortality and morbidity, prevention strategies such as adherence…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated ECTRIMS/ACTRIMS in Paris MS in children – Does the same apply to therapy as in adults? At the ECTRIMS/ACTRIMS Congress, for once the pediatric population came into focus. Fingolimod was shown to be effective here as well. But the benefits don’t come “free.”
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 9th Melanoma World Congress in Brisbane The future is now Artificial intelligence can make an initial melanoma diagnosis with convincing accuracy. Only the really suspicious cases would need to see a dermatologist. Apps with photoaging effect also strengthen preventive awareness.…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Cystic fibrosis A “childhood disease” has grown up Improvements in disease management increase the quality of life and life expectancy of patients with cystic fibrosis. Newborn screening, introduced in 2011, enables early diagnosis. However, the disease should also…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated SGPP Annual Congress 2017 The psychiatry of the future At the annual congress of the Swiss Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SGPP) in the Kursaal in Bern, the concept of the future was the focus of presentations and discussions. InFo NEUROLOGY…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Organ dysfunction Childhood sepsis – early detection is everything Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated immune response to infection. Early detection is of key prognostic importance in childhood. It is crucial to recognize nonspecific…
