This content is machine translated Stable coronary artery disease What are the indications for percutaneous intervention? Patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) and indication for revascularization have a survival advantage after coronary bypass surgery. Primarily, arterial grafts should be used for revascularization. In patients with…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Radiotherapy for prostate cancer Precision radiotherapy in primary treatment and oligometastasis. With rapid technological advances in radiation oncology, new treatment options are now available to patients with prostate cancer, both in the primary therapy and in the metastatic setting. In particular,…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated PCI according to the SYNTAX study Reason to adjust indications? Treatment of main-stem stenosis and multivessel disease by PCI is equivalent to bypass surgery when the syntax score is low. The complexity of coronary stenoses is crucial for the therapeutic…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Localized prostate cancer Possibilities of curative therapy Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Not all prostate cancers are the same (keyword risk stratification). Not every prostate carcinoma needs to be treated (keyword overtherapy). Various…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 30th Interactive GP afternoon When the nose no longer stops bleeding This time, ORL emergencies were among the topics discussed at the GP afternoon at the USZ. What are the modern diagnostics and treatment of epistaxis? What decisions should be made…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Recurrent Quincke’s edema – first case of “Ovi” allergy in world history. History: The 19-year-old female patient with no family or personal history of allergic diseases had episodes of Quincke’s edema in the facial region in the last three months, which were…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Application examples for therapeutic success Acute treatment of atopic eczema in childhood In clinical practice, besides mild forms, one is regularly confronted with three characteristic eczema situations: exacerbated (whole body) eczema, chronic (flexural/hand) eczema and nummular (superinfected) atopic eczema. All eczema situations…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Lifestyle and psoriasis Influences of stress and nutrition Psoriasis sufferers have an increased risk of affective disorders. Accordingly, they should be asked about depression, anxiety, and problematic coping with illness such as social avoidance behavior and alcohol abuse.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated European Diabetes Congress in Stockholm First antidiabetic drug with proven reduction in cardiovascular risk Some 15,600 people from 134 countries attended the 51st European Diabetes Conference in Stockholm (Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes). The results of the EMPA-REG…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated EADV Copenhagen 2015 Of dermatologists’ favorites and worries The largest European dermatology meeting was once again the Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) in Copenhagen with more than 9500 participants. For 40 years, EADV…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated More than concentration disorders Cognitive dysfunction in depressed patients. At the KHM Congress in Lucerne, Prof. Gregor Hasler, MD, University Hospital of Psychiatry Bern, led an interesting workshop on “Cognition in Depression”. Memory problems, reduced concentration and slowing down…
