This content is machine translated Diagnosis & Therapy of Chronic Heart Failure When the heart weakens in old age With increasing age, both the incidence of heart failure and the importance of diastolic dysfunction increase. Symptoms are often nonspecific in old age. Diagnosis is no different from that in…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Border areas of psychiatry and somatics In psychiatric patients, also pay attention to skin, eyes and teeth The symposium “Perspectives on Psychiatric Therapy” was held for the 15th time this year in Zurich. Due to the large number of participants, the lectures were broadcast live to a…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Clival foramen magnum meningioma Preoperative onyx embolization followed by endoscopically assisted microneurosurgery. Meningiomas of the skull base can lead to different symptoms depending on their location and size. The surgical procedure is very challenging due to the proximity to the caudal cranial…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated From acute treatment to relapse prophylaxis The guideline-based treatment of unipolar depression. Still, only one in two patients responds adequately to initial antidepressant therapy. This is despite an extensive range of therapies. Guideline-based treatment of unipolar depression can lead to significant increases…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Depression in neurological diseases You should know these mechanisms Depression is clustered in various brain disorders and presents a diagnostic challenge. Increased prevalence, partially specific etiopathogenetic mechanisms, and differential response to antidepressant treatments are characteristic in cerebrovascular insult (stroke),…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Sleep apnea More women affected Around 150,000 people in Switzerland are affected by sleep apnea. The disease with the symptoms of snoring, breathing pauses and daytime sleepiness, is still considered predominantly a “men’s problem”, as…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Visually impaired or blind? Visual impairment in Switzerland more frequent than previously assumed A study now published by the Swiss National Association for the Blind SZB calculates the current number of blind and visually impaired people in Switzerland to be over 300,000. According…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Neurologically disturbed children Causes and consequences of vitamin B12 deficiency in childhood If developmental retardation with failure to thrive cannot be explained in any other way, a urinalysis with determination of the organic acids in the urine (methylmalonic acid) and a cobalamin…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Rational therapy for sleep disorders When do you need a specialized doctor? Sleep disorders are one of the most common complaints in the normal population. Up to a quarter suffer from problems falling asleep or sleeping through the night, or from non-restorative…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Therapy of bipolar disorders The new Swiss Guidelines The treatment of bipolar disorder is one of the clinical challenges of a psychiatrist. In addition to efficient acute treatment, a sustainable long-term strategy is needed for the chronic recurrent…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Interview with PD Dr. med. Alexander Navarini, Zurich “Patients will have a near-normal quality of life” Recently, PD Alexander Navarini, MD, Zurich, Switzerland, and other researchers discovered a new cell population involved in the pathophysiology of psoriasis. The dermatologist also investigated in clinical trials how well…
