This content is machine translated Many cooks spoil the broth Medication cocktail and dosage card salad The older my patients are, the more often I prescribe them several medications. The interactions are reminded to me by the program stored in the PC for each prescription. I…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Accidents during sports Sports injuries – What you should know Year after year, the available accident statistics show us very clearly: sporting activities cause with astonishing regularity about 300,000 accidents, the majority of which fortunately are not too serious.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 9th Zurich Hypertension Day Relaxed blood pressure targets for high-risk patients The 9th Zurich Hypertension Day focused on the changes to the European Hypertension Guidelines and the treatment of important concomitant or secondary diseases such as atrial fibrillation.
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated New oral anticoagulants 10 questions from daily use The new oral anticoagulants (NOAKs) have long since become part of everyday clinical practice in stroke prophylaxis for atrial fibrillation. Due to their simpler, safer, and effective use, they are…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic heart failure and stroke prevention in VHF. Optimized treatment regimens and new therapeutic options The December lecture series in Zurich featured a presentation by PD Georg Noll, MD, on the treatment of chronic heart failure, in which he shared his practical clinical experience. The…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 4th Bern Heart Valve Symposium New transfemoral TAVI systems and the Swiss TAVI Registry The new transfemoral TAVI systems, either in development or already certified, address potential vulnerabilities and limitations, such as paravalvular insufficiency or risk of vascular complication. This article, based on a…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Varices Sclerotherapy, laser, radio frequency or surgery? Varicose veins are a common problem. In Western society, it affects nearly one-third of adults. Unspecific complaints, sometimes falsely attributed to varicose veins, eventually lead these patients to the family…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Interview on the ACC/AHA guidelines Lipid treatment recommendation meets with little approval Statins continue to be the drug of choice for LDL-C therapy, although not all patients achieve their target levels with therapy alone. However, the paradigm shift implemented in the new…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Anticoagulation in cardiac assist devices No study results with new oral anticoagulants to date. Anticoagulation must be individualized to the support system and patient. Patients with non-pulsatile systems have been shown to have acquired von Willebrand syndrome, which increases the risk for bleeding complications.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Direct oral anticoagulants “Teaching Old Docs New Tricks?” Recently, I was discussing (as an older “doc”) with one of my marcoumar anticoagulated 87-year-old patients with atrial fibrillation, status post anterior myocardial infarction with akinesia, status post severe gastric…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis and pruritus in the elderly Motivate the patient to carry out the therapy carefully Two exciting dermatological topics that are highly relevant in daily practice are the focus of this issue: the patient-oriented treatment of atopic dermatitis and pruritus in old age.
