This content is machine translated Medication with proton pump inhibitors What are the opportunities and risks? Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the third most commonly used class of drugs in current clinical practice worldwide after antibiotics and statins (Table 1). These highly potent acid inhibitors effectively cure…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Dysphagia “The most threatening complication is aspiration”. Jochen Rosenfeld, MD, Head of the Department of Hearing, Speech and Voice Medicine at the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, answers questions about dysphagia in an…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Travel medicine Practice of travel medicine consultation Travel is steadily increasing worldwide: while there were 150 million tourist arrivals in 1970, this number rose to over 940 million in 2010 [1]. On average, each Swiss person took…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Part Two: Pediatric Traumatology for Practice Fractures of the lower extremities In the lower extremities, the most common location for fracture is the lower leg (11.4%), with 7% involving the distal lower leg. Femur fractures are quite rare at 2.9%. What…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Physician prescription of physical activities Careful planning is indicated “Three times a capsule of pill XY in the morning, at noon, and in the evening, each time at mealtime,” is a relatively classic prescription for any practicing physician. Or,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Nachlese What are the consequences of the outcome of the vote? The Federal Constitution was amended on May 18, 2014 as follows:
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Stroke Outreach Mobile Experts advocate complementary studies When a clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain, as happens in strokes, every minute counts. The Stroke Emergency Mobile (STEMO) of the Berlin STEMO Consortium of the Fire…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Edwards SAPIEN 3 How does the new generation perform in practice? With CARDIOVASC, PD Patrick Diemert, MD, of the University Heart Center Hamburg, Germany, discussed the advantages of Edwards’ new generation of TAVI heart valves. He discussed the advances over older…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Summer flu with cough Viral infections and cough – not only an issue in winter! The whole body is weakened, aches and pains in the back and extremities, the temperature is elevated, a dripping nose bothers you and a barking cough as well. The environment…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Cofactors and therapeutic approaches This issue of CARDIOVASC focuses on “Heart Failure.” This is a still underestimated condition that mainly affects the elderly population and is associated with a progressive deterioration in quality of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Iron and heart failure Iron deficiency and anemia worsen prognosis in heart failure Iron deficiency is a common comorbidity in chronic heart failure and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality independent of the presence of anemia. In chronic heart failure, annual anemia…
