This content is machine translated Postmenopausal osteoporosis: long-term therapy concepts Targeted use of antiresorptives and osteoanabolic agents and avoid “rebound” effects Postmenopausal osteoporosis in women is a consequence of decreasing oestrogen levels and is associated with rapid bone loss (“high-turnover osteoporosis”). Long-term therapy concepts are required to achieve sustainable effects –...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Late-onset rheumatoid arthritis More DMARDs can reduce glucocorticoids in LORA Although glucocorticoids have no influence on the course of the disease, they are effective agents against symptomatic pain and inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with late onset RA (LORA)...…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis Implement the “minimal disease activity” concept Minimal disease activity (MDA) in atopic dermatitis (AD) is a concept that combines a treat-to-target therapeutic strategy with the principle of shared decision-making. The aim is to achieve a state...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Sensation of pain Special features for people with multiple disabilities Patients with multiple disabilities are affected by pain of various kinds due to a wide range of acute and chronic illnesses. People who are unable to adequately articulate their complaints...…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Prevention of skin cancer UV protection and skin cancer screening – Update 2025 The number of new cases of skin cancer has risen sharply in recent years. Melanomas are less common than basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, but account for around 70%...… CME-Test
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis Clinic, therapy and prevention in early childhood Atopic dermatitis is the most common chronic inflammatory skin disease in early childhood and is caused by a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. The quality of life of...… CME-Test
View Post 16 min This content is machine translated Pain and autism Hurdles to pain treatment for autistic patients In contrast to neurotypical patients, the brains of neurodivergent people develop differently from the norm. Autism is defined as a form of neurodivergence. For them, deviant stimulus processing is the...… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Electrolyte disturbance Hyponatremia in the outpatient setting Over the last two decades, the evidence has become increasingly clear that even relatively mild hyponatremia without obvious or severe symptoms is clinically relevant. It leads to neurocognitive impairments, gait...… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic musculoskeletal pain How can the use of analgesics be optimized in multimodal therapy? Musculoskeletal pain is complex and often underestimated. Pain sensitization plays an important role in chronification. In the long-term use of currently available analgesics, there may be conflicting goals with regard...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Case study Opportunistic infection by Serratia marcescens Immunocompromised individuals sometimes have a considerably increased risk of opportunistic infections. Serratia marcescens is a Gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family and was identified as the pathogen in...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – groin pain: internal causes Imaging procedures – in particular computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with and without contrast enhancement – are informative in the differential diagnosis of groin pain. The spectrum...…
