This content is machine translated To the point Quo vadis medicus… Apparently, the working conditions at the hospitals have massively deteriorated for the young residents. For many, the 50-hour week is at the limit of what is feasible. The work involved…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hyperkinesias in diabetes Hemichorea hemiballism in the setting of nonketotic hyperglycemia. Introduction: Hyperkinesia due to dysfunction of the basal ganglia can be caused by a number of predominantly vascular and (para)infectious as well as endocrine diseases. In the following, we report…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Patient with depression Ejaculatory dysfunction as an adverse effect of trazodone. Case report: a 22-year-old patient with known recurrent depressive disorder and regular use of cannabis presented for increasing depressive symptoms. He was psychosocially burdened by prolonged unemployment, debt, and relationship…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Differential diagnosis dementia Genesis and differentiation of dementia from depression and delirium The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s dementia, which is chronically progressive and primarily shows memory impairment. After initial exclusion diagnosis by the primary care provider, differential diagnosis should…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 4th Swiss Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders SGAD treatment recommendations for obsessive-compulsive disorder and PTSD. At this year’s Swiss Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders of the Swiss Society for Anxiety and Depression (SGAD), Prof. Martin E. Keck, MD, Oetwil am See, presented for the first…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Burnout - Eating disorders - Pain Three different themes? Breaking the vicious circle – a central mechanism of therapy for all three diseases covered in detail in this issue of InFo NEUROLOGIE&PSYCHIATRIE.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Roundtable discussion Use of conventional NSAIDs and coxibs in high-risk patients. Conventional NSAIDs and coxibs differ in their risk profile and tolerability, which is particularly important to consider in high-risk patients. But how to proceed? HAUSARZT PRAXIS in conversation with four…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Interview on the new book of the Swiss Rheumatism League Actively tackle rheumatic pain Many rheumatism patients face pain in recurrent episodes, others daily. And some even develop a chronic pain disorder in its own right. In the newly published book of the Rheumaliga…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics and therapy of anorexia and bulimia nervosa When food becomes a problem Dissatisfaction with one’s appearance and dieting behaviors, combined with disturbances in self-esteem, emotion regulation, and problems in relationships, can promote the onset of eating disorders at critical life stages. Recent…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Inflammatory brain diseases The role of imaging Inflammatory brain diseases are caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites, virus or prions and present with a wide variety of symptoms, many of which can also be caused by non-infectious brain…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic pain Breaking the vicious circle On average, it takes seven years to consider multi-causality of chronic pain and appropriate multimodal therapy. This is often not done on the basis of positive findings, but according to…
